On 02/02/2008, John Reaves johnjreaves@gmail.com wrote:
Those logs are fun, classic Flameviper.
--John Reaves
On Feb 2, 2008 12:35 AM, Flameviper Velifang theflameysnake@yahoo.com wrote:
I saw this log recently. Apparently [[User:Lumberjake]], a new editor,
got
confused with me (Lord knows why) and indef-blocked based on "evidence
from
IRC". His contribs were legitimate, and apparently he used a proxy that
I
once used, or something to that effect.
There's the log. I was pretty shocked by this, not only because of the blatant trolling by the blocking admin, but because of a general
realization
I had.
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia.
Thus, anything not pertinent to building an encyclopedia should be discouraged, and *certainly* not accepted as general M.O. for admins, right? Right?
Apparently not. It seems that, once again, the ridiculously high
emotional
investment in the project turns it from an occasional hobby into a
violent
drama-pit where sysops stroke their egos, users whine about anything
they
can, and the few users who actually try to get anything done are
harassed
and blocked by the majority who don't.
You really need to get your priorities straight.
Dunno John, I think I'd be a bit concerned if I'd lost sense on #IRC and somebody reminded me and the internet of it.
Trolling is a an odd word, when many of us spend hours each week plodding through the net finding sources. Its almost second nature too to compare editing similarities or check off-wiki for usernames if you suspect bad faith editing. (Where I live trolling is another word for "cruising"/picking up men for casual sex. "Don't feed the trolls" has connotations one can never imagine.) If it was Flameviper (although coincidence can't be ruled out. Synchronicity and all that) then that type of disruption isn't going to help him out or win him friends. Just reading back through the mailing list, I think everybody has been sympathetic towards Flameviper and wished him luck editing with a new name and putting the past behind him.
Mike33