On 3/6/06, Phil Boswell phil.boswell@gmail.com wrote:
silaslynch@aol.com wrote in message news:8C80AEA0A7FB81D-1638-791C@MBLK-M39.sysops.aol.com...
My username, user:Please Don't Block, has been banned from editing on wikipedia either for having an inappropriate username or for "vandalism." I encourage any administrator to look into my editing history (which includes numerous excellent edits), I have vandalized no one's page. I left a comment at someone's userpage that offended another user, and therefore I was blocked. However, leaving unpleasant comments is not banned according to wikipedia policy. My username is additionally not offensive. I demand to have the block removed immediately or some explanation as to why I am blocked.
If you were to walk around your local neighbourhood with a sign on your back saying "please don't throw stuff at me", how long do you think it would be before some wag threw something at you, and how much explanation for their actions would you require?
How long do you think it would take you to explain to such authorities as you might try to invoke in your favour why you were doing such a silly thing?
Still wouldn't get people out of criminal culpability if they threw stuff at the person.