On 5/27/05, Jack Lynch jack.i.lynch@gmail.com wrote:
I feel that Mel Etitis has a long history of conflict with myself, and should not be blocking me once, much less twice. Comments he made to me by email after the incident (a conversation which I feel should be fully disclosed) make this especially clear.
Block by an administrator who has a history of dispute with you? ... Welcome to wikipedia!
There are plenty of admins (esp of the sort that are glad to undertake blocks but don't do much of the real grunt work like closing VFDs they are uninterested in), we need to avoid the perception of misuse by admins by enforcing a rule against administrative action against users where the admin has had a history of dispute with the same unblinking grind as we've used with 3rr.
Admins who unblock themselves or take administrative action against a user they are in dispute with should be subject to a self-enforced administrative suspension (which backed up by deadminship).
Sadly this is not the case and we currently have a few admins who regularly block people that they have had numerous arguments with, admins who unblock themselves after violating other rules, and admins who close VFDs that they have been vocally involved with. Hopefully this is just a temporary illness.