On Sunday 03 November 2002 14:35, Eli wrote:
[Probably not the right place for this plea. Please forward to the right person. (See next to last paragraph below for my reason for using this forum.]
I am a new user of Wikipedia. It seems like a great project. Since about 1963, I have believed that the world needs a really big encyclopedia to access all knowledge about everything (before the internet, I estimated thousands of printed volumes). In the '80s I learned of the idea now called "hyperlink" and I knew, theoretically, how this could work as a continually updated virtual book. Nupedia and Wikipedia promise to fulfill this vision.
But the very second time I tried to add a suggestion I was referred to a page with this content:
============================================================ User is blocked From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Your user name or IP address has been blocked by PierreAbbat. The reason given is this: Vandalized World Trade Center, William I of England. Removed large section of Napoleonic Code,
You may contact the administrator to discuss the block.
Return to Main Page.
I am very sorry for this. I can't at the moment see what the IP address is, as Wikipedia is stuck, but we've had incidents before where a proxy server was blocked.
phma