Yes, I know that I have entered into an ongoing problem.
But the actions of the Admins involved have clearly been in the wrong - policy violations of Assume Good Faith, and especially violations of policy concerning using admin powers to gain the upper hand in content disputes, abound.
There is also the matter of the behavior of the admins towards the two users in the case, who are clearly not sockpuppets.
From: slimvirgin@gmail.com Reply-To: slimvirgin@gmail.com To: Cranston Snord enviroknot@hotmail.com Subject: Re: Ah, I get it now. You're protecting yourself. Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 19:15:34 -0600
If you can give me a convincing explanation as to why your editing pattern is identical, I'm certainly willing to reconsider, but in the absence of such an explanation, I won't be responding to any more e-mails. I've left a note of our discussion for the other admins; if anyone feels I've done the wrong thing, you'll be unblocked.
Sarah
On 5/23/05, Cranston Snord enviroknot@hotmail.com wrote:
First of all, you did not give me much time to edit anything before you blocked me; you appear to have swung instantly to action to protect
Yuber,
who made the false allegation against me.
Secondly, I Wikipedia has a policy reminder about this:
"Keep in mind there can be multiple users who are driven to start participating in Wikipedia for the same reason, particularly in controversial areas such as articles about the conflict in the Middle
East,
cult figures, or Wikipedia:Votes for deletion."
As I stated, you and your fellow admins are in the wrong. I understand
that
it is only natural for you to want to protect yourself, and that it is
all
too easy to fall prey to the trap of using your admin powers to do just that, but you ARE in the wrong.
From: slimvirgin@gmail.com Reply-To: slimvirgin@gmail.com To: Cranston Snord enviroknot@hotmail.com Subject: Re: Ah, I get it now. You're protecting yourself. Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 19:05:36 -0600
Please feel free to send an e-mail to anyone you want.
If you're not ElKabong and KaintheScion, do you have an explanation for your editing pattern being the same as theirs?
Sarah
On 5/23/05, Cranston Snord enviroknot@hotmail.com wrote:
If you do not respond I shall have no recourse but to send an email
to
the
EN-L mailing list.
From: slimvirgin@gmail.com Reply-To: slimvirgin@gmail.com To: Enviroknot enviroknot@hotmail.com Subject: Re: Ah, I get it now. You're protecting yourself. Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 18:32:49 -0600
You're Elkabong/KaintheScion, currently blocked for 3RR. You edited from an IP address that resolved to the same city, you reverted to
the
same edits, removed the sockpuppet notice, and are now starting
with
the abusive-admin accusations. Give it another few minutes and I'll getting an e-mail from "me me" telling me that I'm an f-ing POV-pushing pile of dog's vomit.
Sarah
On 5/23/05, Enviroknot enviroknot@hotmail.com wrote:
Like it or not, more people than you read Wikipedia. Some are
even
intelligent enough to discern patterns such as Yuber's.
Your attempts to protect him are fairly transparent, you know.
Wikipedia's policy of assuming good faith requires that
everyone,
especially administrators, act in good faith. I made the edits I
was
making
because I do not believe you or your brethren are acting in good
faith,
and
I would appreciate it if you would allow me to finish presenting my
case
rather than blocking out voices you disagree with.
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