Parker Peters wrote:
The abject refusal of anyone to make any serious enquiry into his complaint, the ongoing abuse of his talk page when he tried to file for unblock, and the continual abusive tactics displayed by many administrators in trying to shut off further enquiry on the WP:ANI board aren't helping him to calm down, either. They're more proving his accusations had some truth behind them.
I think a point where we can agree is that I think many administrative and cleanup actions (not just blocks, but speedy deletions, regular deletions, and reverts) would go better if editors and admins were more patient with strong emotions, troublemaking, and the confusion of novices. In many cases, that could help people like "Samuel" to calm down, and it can keep people from turning into enemies. That's part of why I'd like to see more admins, so that each one has more time and more patience.
On the rest of it, I think we'll have to agree to disagree. I'm open to being persuaded that the current admin system is prone to the sort of collusion and systemic bias that crops up regularly in police departments. But this isn't the case that will do it for me.
The "other list" is called unblock-en-l, but it's a joke and serves not as a legitimate place of complaint, but a mere rubber stamp to certify the "godliness" of admins, no matter how abusive an action they take.
When you (or anybody) write like this, I have to grit my teeth and make a strong effort to find the useful content that lies behind the contempt and acid words. If your goal is to get people to take your concerns seriously, there are more effective ways to go about things.
William