"Harry Smith" (aka OneVoice, Lance6Wins, Abu Ala) wrote: This person has been before the Arbitration Committee for almost two months. Meanwhile, I have the right (some would say duty as a sysop) to continue to protect Wikipedia from vandalism. In the present case, note the dishonest claim that the material is from a book when it is actually from a TV interview. (It might turn out to be in the book too, but nobody here has actually seen the book.) Moreover, the report on the TV interview is from the extreme-right pirate radio station Arutz Sheva which is notorious for its lack of journalistic standards. Lance6Wins is entirely aware of all this and it was not necessary to explain it all again for the umpteenth time. We are not discussing a newbie here, but an experienced fanatical POV pusher. I believe that my action in blocking him for 48 hours, after issuing a warning, was justified. Some will agree with me and some will disagree; I know that but when the chips are down I have to take the course of action which is in the interests of Wikipedia as best as I can judge it. --Zero. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)Wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

Meanwhile, I have the right (some would say duty as a sysop) to continue to protect Wikipedia from vandalism. In the present case, note the dishonest claim that the material is from a book when it is actually from a TV interview. (It might turn out to be in the book too, but nobody here has actually seen the book.)