[WikiEN-l] Here I am, under attack again.

[Erik Moeller]

Zoe-
> Please view my Talk page at
> http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Zoe, where
> information has been moved from the Votes for Deletion
> page.  Once again, GrahamN (who is on record as saying
> "I don't like you"), MyRedDice (who never met a vandal
> he didn't like) and anthere (who seems to have
> problems with users on every Wiki she works on) are
> attacking me for making a sysop decision, and they are
> demanding my syspo status be taken away.

You are mischaracterizing what has been said.

Anthere: "I will not support removing sysop status to Zoe, because she is
making very good work and I globally trust us, and certainly trust to do
what she thinks is the best for Wikipedia. But to be honest, I don't trust
very much her on the spot decision of deletions."

Martin: "Personally, I'd have just reinstated the copyvio notice, and
possibly left a note on Gorged's page, rather than deleting the article.
Others here have suggested additionally protecting the page. I hope that
Zoe will follow one of those suggested approaches in the future."

GrahamN: "So Zoe deleted it off her own bat without nominating it to be
deleted, and without even discussing it with anybody? Isn't that a blatant
abuse of her sysop status? What's going on? Has she been given some
special dispensation to ignore all the rules she doesn't like, or what?"

I think Graham's comments can be characterized as attacks, but Anthere &
Martin seem to be trying to understand what happened. Graham seems to have
some personal problems with you, which is unfortunate. I suggest ignoring
him.

I think that it was a mistake to delete the page and that it should have
been protected instead, and/or that the user should have been warned. I do  
not think that your sysop status should be revoked because of a single  
mistake. I do believe that you are overreacting.

Regards,

Erik