At 12:28 PM 12/3/02 -0500, Ed Poor wrote:
I unblocked Helga's IP on November 12th and reported this on the mailing list as follows:
http://www.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2002-November/007408.html
However, to my regret and consternation, I note that my e-mail was so obscure as to fail to catch anyone's attention.
Having gone back and read that email, I note that this unblocking was in violation of stated policy and decisions--Jimbo had banned Helga for three months. It may be that your reference to a two-month ban that "should have expired" is part of why nobody noticed that you had, in fact, changed the rules unilaterally.