[WikiEN-l] Unblock request - Critique on administrators is no personal attack

[Mark Gallagher]

G'day Raphael,

> even though I haven't touched the J-P Muhammad cartoons since
> my last block one month ago, I have now again been blocked
> for a week for criticizing administrators, who unjustifiably
> blocked editors for "Censorship" resp. "removing Muhammad
> images" and literally called editors vandals, who merely
> removed an insult on their religious belief.
> 
> I am not a Muslim myself, but discrimination bothers me wherever
> I see it. Therefore I created a page in my userspace, where
> I documented cases, in which editors apparently only have been
> blocked, because of the strong "free speech" convictions of
> some administrators: [[User:Raphael1/Persecution of Muslims]]

You were not being a legitimate critic.  You were building a hit list. 
This is inappropriate.  I don't personally hold the free speech views of 
many of our American friends, but I *do* agree with them on some 
important points, in particular: if you even look like you're going to 
re-create that page, you *will* be banned from Wikipedia.  You were 
abusing your privileges as a Wikipedia editor, and such abuse will not 
be tolerated.

That is not a controversial view.  This is not "censorship", it is an 
attempt by you to *abuse* our resources, and by Wikipedia administrators 
to prevent you doing so.  Pull your head in and get a bloody Clue.

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-- 
Mark Gallagher
"What?  I can't hear you, I've got a banana on my head!"
- Danger Mouse