On 9/16/07, K P kpbotany@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/13/07, Wily D wilydoppelganger@gmail.com wrote:
The short answer is: If I block someone, it's not like I have to respond to their emails anyhow. While it'd be nice to enable an email address - if I'm not taking emails, it'd be better if that was clear, rather than dishonestly letting them sit in an "in" bin forever. Anybody's who's been blocked can request a review from a second admin anyhow {{unblock|reason}}
WilyD
That's a rather hostile attitude to take towards the community of editors, that you can block, and their response to the block doesn't matter.
"Start by finding out when your block will expire.... If you do not wish to wait for your block to expire, you may contact the blocking administrator via email to resolve the problem that led to the block. To use this feature you must have a valid email address registered in your user preferences. If, after discussing the matter with them, you still believe your block is unfair, you may appeal the block by requesting that another administrator review your block.
But it's a total lie that "you may contact the blocking administrator via e-mail to resolve the problem." Becaue you can't contact the blocking administrator via email and even if you can, they don't have to respond, and they're rather smug about telling everyone they're free to ignore you.
What's wrong with this picture? Just about everything.
So, in other words, it should say, "You may attempt to contact the blocking administrator via e-mail" but the blocking adminstrator is not required to have e-mail enabled, and might not respond to you, and damn proudly not respond, either.
KP
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KP
Please don't misunderstand me. I pre-emptively offer to undo almost every block it's realistic for I'm involved in. I mostly get criticising for offering to unblock people, not block them. And I don't think anyone's going to fault me for not listening, even if I might not ever be won over. Roughly speaking, the attitude I'm presenting there is not my own, but I acknowledge that it may exist and then what?
My point is just that requiring admins to enable email so people they've blocked can email them is pointless. {{unblock|reason}} is by far the best way to challenge an inappropriate block. Then you'll get someone who is looking to review blocks. Not all admins *do* respond to every request of them, sometimes for good reasons, maybe sometimes for bad.
Regards WilyD