Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 17:30:43 -0900 From: Stewart Pederson stewped@gmail.com Subject: [WikiEN-l] Illegally Blocked user: Tteexx
Dear Wikipedia Folks,
I have been blocked for editing my article, and continuing to add information. The article is currently a VfD candidate and the democratic process has been occuring until today. The apparent reason for my block was that Neutrality assumes I am using multiple accounts? Or is it that he thinks my article is a hoax? He also mentions the use of self-made images. These images are related to the article and it shouldn't matter that I created them. The information being presented is brand new research and though it may be deemed that it does not deserve a place on Wikipedia, I feel its unfair to block me, remove all images, and attempt to discredit me before the democratic process has completed.
Furthermore, the block policy states, "Use of blocks to gain advantage in a content dispute...", and since this is the only article that I have been editing, it would seem that this clearly is the case. If you don't like the research, vote the delete it. If you like it, vote to keep it. Don't censor me from attempting to bring in other sources that help the article.
I have e-mailed Neutrality about this situation, and have yet to see a reply. I would appreciate a valid reason with proof instead of assuming that all keep votes were done by me.
Thank you,
Stewart Pederson
Those interested in this matter should make a point of reading the article itself, which for some reason this correspondent does not mention. The article is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yopu , and the VfD discussion is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Yopu .
The article, about an alleged Tibetan legend, says in part that "the royal family decreed that human excrement was no longer to be used for the fertilization of rice. This was done to ensure that no member of royalty ever had to eat peasant poo." This created dissatisfaction, and Yopu become the leader of the "Pu Rebellion."
Pressed to provide verifiable evidence that the legend exists, the contributor responded with a single citation:
Lewinski and Manes. "Legends of Rural Tibet." The Journal of Asian/Diasporic and Aboriginal Literature. http://www.kuixing.panopticonasia.com/fall04/yopu.html. Fall 2004.
The URL yields a "404 not found." The site and the 115 messages in the associated Yahoo group contain no references to Yopu, Lewinski, or Manes. Although one portion of the site does refer to a first issue being planned for "Spring 2004," another states that "The first of the twice-yearly issues of Kui Xing will be available, conditions permitting, in Spring 2005."
As I write this, if unsigned votes from anons are ignored, VfD is currently running about 16 deletes, one "keep," and one "weak Keep, until it is proven beyond doubt that it's a hoax." There are also about eight "keeps," all posted from IP addresses with no previous edits and all recognizably similar in style.
-- Daniel P. B. Smith, dpbsmith@verizon.net