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Skyring wrote:
On 9/3/05, James D. Forrester james@jdforrester.org wrote:
geni wrote:
On 9/2/05, Skyring skyring@gmail.com wrote:
In the past day, [[user:jtdirl]] has published my name and address, and [[user:mackensen]] has accused me of criminal acts.
People who play with fire get burned.
And further, accessing a computer system without authorisation is illegal in the US, the UK, and Australia, to name but a few countries; given that you are banned from Wikipedia, any edits that you were to make would constitute such an illegal act. Several sysops, and not just Mackensen, have suggested that you may well be doing this, violating your ban order. Perhaps you might want to think about finding another place to play, Skyring?
Thanks, James. Given that Wikipedia doesn't require checking of real-life identification before allowing access to the system, I can't see your theory lasting too long in any court.
Which shows just how much you know about such laws. :-) Seriously, Wikipedia's very openness means that blocking and banning are highly visible and obvious instructions to people to not access the system, and IMO would be very easy to point to in court as opposed to merely unadvertised computer systems that have an open port on them that people connect to (which has landed people in gaol in several locations, especially when said computer systems are military in nature). Not that we have any intention of having you prosecuted, so this is all by-the-by and rather irrelevant.
However, wikien-l is not the place to query your ban by the Arbitration Committee; it is not a community matter, but one for the Board, and Jimbo in particular. Feel free to email them about it. Certainly, feel free to cease emailing /us/ about it, unendingly and pointlessly.
Yours, - -- James D. Forrester Wikimedia : [[W:en:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] E-Mail : james@jdforrester.org IM (MSN) : jamesdforrester@hotmail.com