Jimmy, you need to know the whole history of the case.
RickK
"Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales" jwales@wikia.com wrote: 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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