G'day Bacchante,
Almost immediately after creating account for what would be my first time editing wikipedia an admin blocked me indefinitely.
username : Let's Get High And Edit Wikipedia IP : 69.60.118.148 Reason given "stoner..." by "*Freakofnurturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Freakofnurture" *
This admin describes himself as pissed off and also proudly displays a widget that says he does not do any drugs. I had the impression,
You aren't trying to imply that these silly widgets make people look silly, are you? Golly, gosh.
perhaps wrongly so, that wikipedia was supposed to be more of an open atmosphere where there isn't such a heavy hand with admin powers. In
Registering an account is incredibly easy. What's to stop you registering a new one, with a different username?
other words, a place where someone's first visit isn't met with an insult (stoner) by someone claiming to be angry, pissed off and a judeofacist (whatever that is, but it doesn't sound too nice). I really do not see what the problem with my username is. It is silly, perhaps, but not offensive.
I'll be honest with you. I would not have blocked that username myself. I don't personally consider it a violation of our username policy. However, I *also* would not have *registered* that username, because it is, frankly, a very stupid username indeed.
Chalk it up as a character-building experience: you ran into someone who did something you didn't like (welcome to the world!), and you got the opportunity to choose a decent username. This time tomorrow, you'll be a much better person because of it.
-- Mark Gallagher "What? I can't hear you, I've got a banana on my head!" - Danger Mouse