[WikiEN-l] A minor point

[Jack Lynch]

20:34, 22 August 2005 SlimVirgin (added that the account is blocked
indefinitely, because Amalekite is posting elsewhere that this is his
homepage)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Amalekite&action=history

was the reasoning for violating

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Controversial_blocks

as best as I can tell. What was said later on the mailing list is
another subject.

Jack (Sam Spade)

On 8/24/05, Haukur Þorgeirsson <haukurth at hi.is> wrote:
> > Hence the apparent new [[Wikipedia:Preemptive blocking
> > policy]] should have an equitable application clause.
> 
> I'd like to add that while pre-emptive blocking of known nazis has been
> proposed in this discussion, Rachel has explicitly denied that this is her
> reason for blocking User:Amalekite. In her own words:
> 
> "He wasn't blocked for being a member of [[Vanguard News Network]] or
> [[Stormfront]]"
> 
> I believe her, of course, and we have every reason to trust her. Her
> actual reasons for the block are best given in her own words:
> 
> "Amalekite is [[Alex Linder]], the owner-operator of [[Vanguard News
> Network]]. He has posted a list of Wikipedians he believes are Jews on the
> [[Stormfront]] website, as well as details of how to edit using open
> proxies and sockpuppets. It's clear he was trying to cause major
> disruption,
> - - -
> I would also argue that for a Wikipedian to draw up a list of other
> editors by their perceived ethnicity, and to post that list on a racist
> website, is highly provocative, and I don't see how it can be detached
> from his actions on Wikipedia. He wasn't blocked for being a member of
> [[Vanguard News Network]] or [[Stormfront]], but for his actions in
> encouraging anti-Semites and racists to target Jewish editors, and for
> encouraging them to violate policy by creating sockpuppets and using open
> proxies. I don't see why we should have to wait until the disruption
> begins before blocking him. He tried to cause massive disruption: that he
> (appears to have) failed was simply down to the others' lack of response."
> - http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2005-August/027590.html
> 
> Her reasons are contested but let's be careful not to attribute something
> to her which she didn't say. I'm not saying anyone is doing that - I just
> wanted to make things clear for those who might not have followed the
> discussion from the beginning.
> 
> Regards,
> Haukur
> 
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