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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