Below is a letter that JoeM sent to this mailing list, as well as to me privately. I have consulted with the ArbCom and found no opposition to my lifting Joe M's ban, which predates the ArbCom and was a long long time ago anyway. The apology is quite sound, and I welcome him as a newcomer and hope that everyone will mentally wipe the slate clean and greet him warmly.
I've recommended to Joe that he go out of his way to be extremely and extraordinarily mature, polite, and peaceful especially in the early months of his return.
--Jimbo
Joe M wrote:
Jimbo,
This is User:JoeM from Wikipedia. I'm contacting you concerning my ban from editing Wikipedia.
I want to apologize for some of my more rude behavior on your site. I at times got too angry and enthusiastic in defending my views, and patriotism is so important to me that I got a little out of control. I've had a lot of time to think and cool off, though, and I'm not angry anymore, even at the Communist and pro-terrorist users. My views on America and the importance of defending freedom have not changed, but I now realize that the way I went about stating these views only hurt the causes that were important to me.
If I am unblocked, I won't use sockpuppets anymore. I will not engage in personal attacks. I won't engage in revert wars. I will calmly discuss my edits and views on talk pages without attacking users that I disagree with. and I will definitely never, ever vandalize pages again. I will respect the principle of NPOV.
I think that the Wikipedia project has great potential to shine light on the TRUTH that the mainstream media hides, and I'd like to be an active contributor again to make sure the project reaches its full potential.
Please let me know if there's anything else I can do to help get my account back. I really want to help Wikipedia grow.
Your friend, Joe M.
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