[WikiEN-l] Re: Zero0000 has blocked Lance6Wins....apparently contray to Blocking policy

[Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales]

It is for the arbcom to be decided, but based on the content of this
email, it is clear to me that zero should be desysopped.

zero 0000 wrote:

> "Harry Smith" (aka OneVoice, Lance6Wins, Abu Ala) wrote:
> > On the Refusal to serve in the Israeli military page,
> > Lance6Wins added the following:
> > 
> > Two Israeli journalists, Amos Harel of [[Haaretz]] and
> > a person from the Israel Broadcasting Agency, have
> > written a book in Hebrew entitled (in translation)
> > "The Seventh War".  The book is based upon extensive
> > interview with [[Hamas]] leaders and others.  In the
> > book the authors state that 
> >
> > : It was the Israeli left 
> > :  ...
> > : [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=68735]
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
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