72-hour block - WikiEN-l

28 Jul 2005

Hi. My user name is Lapsed Pacifist, and my IP is 159.134.233.225. I'm sorry to say
I've been here before, the last time things were resolved amicably. I've been
blocked for 3 days by Jtdirl, and I believe this administrator is in breach of Wikipedia
policy as outlined on Wikipedia:Blocking policy, specifically: "blocks should not be
used...against user accounts that make a mixture of disruptive and useful edits" and
"users should not block those with whom they are currently engaged in conflict."
I don't agree that my edits are disruptive, but even if this administrator does, my
contentious entries are easily outnumbered by hundreds of others, and this administrator
and I are currently disagreeing on different matters. 

The first three of the six points of the recommended procedure on the
Wikipedia:Controversial blocks article read: 

1. Check the facts with care. 
2. Reread appropriate parts of Wikipedia:Blocking policy. 
3. If possible, contact other administrators informally to be sure there are others who
agree with your reasoning. The administrators' noticeboard, IRC and email are
effective tools for this. 

I will go through Jtdirl's entries on my talk page and comment in parentheses where I
feel it is appropriate.

last warning
Your behaviour on Wikipedia has gone beyond the bounds of what can be tolerated. You are
engaging in widespread reverts to insert blatently POV language [this is a reference to
the use of the terms "Northern Ireland" and "six counties" and there
was a long debate on Talk:Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution of Ireland about this] into
articles. But for the fact that you were once a credible editor here you would have been
blocked long before now for your behaviur, but you have used up all the previous goodwill
that existed towards you in your recent behaviour. Please stop. If you continue, you will
be subject to a long block for this behaviour. This is your final warning. Please heed
it.

FearÉIREANN\(caint) 21:55, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Because you have continued, despite repeated warnings, to wage edit wars [this would be
difficult on my own] and reverts to push your political agenda [I strongly dispute this
last comment], and because as soon as you came back from your last block you started back
on your old behaviour on many of the same pages, you have now been blocked for 3 days. If
when you come back you continue to behave as you have been doing you may face a far
lengthier block. FearÉIREANN\(caint) 02:57, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

[There now follows a list of 34 edits, all whole or partial reverts. 16 are mine. The
first 10 mostly concern a dispute on whether election results in Northern Ireland should
be included in a paragraph attempting to construe the political aspirations of Northern
Ireland's population, and the prominence of a survey on the region's future. The
rest are about the nomenclature of the region.]

[edit]
Just some of the evidence of constant reverting of articles
(cur) (last) 03:33, 28 July 2005 Lapsed Pacifist (rv blanking; 59 out of 108 is slight) 
(cur) (last) 17:35, 27 July 2005 JW1805 (rvt. Once again, 59% is not a "slight"
majority) 
(cur) (last) 10:53, 27 July 2005 Lapsed Pacifist (rv blanking) 
(cur) (last) 00:02, 27 July 2005 JW1805 (rvt attempt to obscure poll results) 
(cur) (last) 23:36, 26 July 2005 Lapsed Pacifist (Revert edits by Timrollpickering to last
version by Lapsed Pacifist) 
(cur) (last) 14:14, 26 July 2005 Timrollpickering m (Reverted edits by Lapsed Pacifist to
last version by Timrollpickering) 
(cur) (last) 10:25, 26 July 2005 Lapsed Pacifist (rv; That's why it's mentioned.
Why the other changes?) 
(cur) (last) 13:58, 25 July 2005 Timrollpickering (Revert on poll - the question is more
clear cut than an election - see talk page; wikify links) 
(cur) (last) 07:18, 25 July 2005 Lapsed Pacifist (Make a better case, Jonto) 
(cur) (last) 00:58, 25 July 2005 Jonto (Revert to version by JW1805. I disagree - I have
outlined the reasons for polls on the talk page - Please discuss there first Zoney.) 
(cur) (last) 22:39, 27 July 2005 Djegan m (revert vandalism) 
(cur) (last) 22:32, 27 July 2005 Lapsed Pacifist (rv) 
(cur) (last) 10:00, 27 July 2005 Djegan m (revert) 
(cur) (last) 06:59, 27 July 2005 Lapsed Pacifist (rv; please write accurate edit
summaries) 
(cur) (last) 22:30, 26 July 2005 Djegan m (revert sectanism and vandalism of LP) 
(cur) (last) 22:28, 26 July 2005 Lapsed Pacifist (rv NPOV) 
(cur) (last) 10:15, 26 July 2005 Demiurge m (rv POV term "six counties") 
(cur) (last) 08:22, 26 July 2005 Lapsed Pacifist (rv NPOV) 
(cur) (last) 09:53, 25 July 2005 Demiurge m (rv POV term "six counties") 
(cur) (last) 06:59, 25 July 2005 Lapsed Pacifist (rv needlessly simplistic edit) 
(cur) (last) 21:48, 24 July 2005 JW1805 m (rvt (corrected needlessly complex sentence
structure)) 
(cur) (last) 21:39, 24 July 2005 Lapsed Pacifist (rv needlessly simplistic edit) 
(cur) (last) 15:37, 24 July 2005 JW1805 m (corrected needlessly complex sentence
structure) 
(cur) (last) 15:34, 24 July 2005 Lapsed Pacifist (rv; Restore context) 
(cur) (last) 04:57, 24 July 2005 JW1805 m (simplify sentence) 
(cur) (last) 04:08, 24 July 2005 Lapsed Pacifist (rv NPOV) 
(cur) (last) 00:00, 23 July 2005 Demiurge m (rv POV) 
(cur) (last) 23:48, 22 July 2005 Lapsed Pacifist (Revert edits by Djegan to last version
by JavaJive) 
(cur) (last) 20:27, 22 July 2005 Djegan (revert sectanism and vandalism) 
(cur) (last) 20:20, 22 July 2005 JavaJive m (wikify date) 
(cur) (last) 19:06, 22 July 2005 Demiurge m (rv POV) 
(cur) (last) 17:37, 22 July 2005 Lapsed Pacifist (rv) 
(cur) (last) 10:14, 22 July 2005 Demiurge m (rv POV) 
(cur) (last) 05:18, 22 July 2005 Lapsed Pacifist (rv) 
In addition you have been adding in factual errors all over the place [I also strongly
dispute this, and only the following inaccurate example is given]. It is hard to believe
that calling the Irish state the Irish Free State years after you know very well it ceased
to have that name, and was only called that by fringe republicans, is anything other than
deliberate POV vandalism [I believe this is a reference to an edit summary on the Éamon de
Valera article, when I reverted a change made by this user. The block came one minute
after I did this. This is 2005, and the state is now known as th Republic of Ireland, but
the edit concerned events in 1926, when that was the state's official name.], as is
using Sinn Féin language [an obtuse reference to the naming debate] about the name of
Northern Ireland when you know very well that Wikipedia cannot use that name for the
northern state as it is POV. FearÉIREANN\(caint) 02:57, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Lapsed_Pacifist"

The block, if it had to come, should have come from another administrator. This is my
third block, my second by this user. On neither occasion did Jtdirl consult with other
administrators before the blocks, unless it was by email. As well as wrongly accusing me
of factual errors, this user has failed to check the facts e.g. the Free State comment. I
believe this editor is in breach of parts of the blocking policy. I believe, from the
comments made on my talk page, that this administrator has allowed emotion to overrule
responsibility. I have not attempted to contact this user by email, partly because I do
not expect a fair hearing there, partly because I would rather the block and the events
surrounding it receive a wider audience, which is not available to me on any talk page at
the moment. Sorry about the length of the mail, I am sure you have better things to do.

LP

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