[WikiEN-l] Follow-up on my Ban from Wikipedia (part 2)

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On 06/09/07, Flame Viper <flameviper12 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> NOTE: This message is the second part of a 3-part message which is over
> the size limit. I am sending all 3 parts at the same time.
>
> On the Wikipedia IRC channel, I have a confrontation with the user Somitho
> (his IRC nick is Soms). We later become friends, but at that point we were
> mortal enemies. He says that he is filing a complaint to my ISP. I blank my
> own userpage (while logged in) and replace it with the text "I AM BANNED
> FROM THE INTERNET!!!111", linked to Somitho's userpage. It was more or less
> a sarcastic joke, because by then it had become obvious that my ISP was not
> going to shut off my Internet.
>
> As a result of this dickery on my part, someone continually reverts my
> userpage, saying it is a personal attack on Somitho (how that constitutes a
> personal attack I will never know). Elaragirl somehow becomes involved in
> this and leaves a comment on my talk page. I don't remember what it was, but
> it was interesting enough to make me go to her talk page and read the linked
> page "EL:TEACUP" which was an essay in her userspace that talked about how
> she was not easily offended and that she didn't mind coarse language. Of
> course, I had been itching for months to find another editor who had the
> same "to hell with it" attitude as I, and so I left a message on her talk
> page. I wanted to make it clear that although we seemed to agree on many
> things, when two people have the same personality it will occasionally
> create dislike between the two people, and that I did not want that to
> happen.
>
> After reading my comment on Elaragirl's talk page, Yanksox decided to
> indefinitely block me without consensus. AFTER THE BLOCK, it was discussed
> on AN/I. Still no consensus, but I remained blocked. I created another
> account to bring the case up at the Arbitration Committee, but they didn't
> give a crap (as usual for bureaucracies) and ignored it completely. An
> infamous e-mail passed between me and Ryan Postlewait, which was presented
> at WP:AN/I and so badly misinterpreted that I will not even discuss it here.
>
> After the Soms/Elaragirl Saga, I remained blocked for a couple months.
>
> I created an account named Two-Sixteen one day and began editing articles.
> I was courteous to everyone and was never warned for any reason. My
> intentions (although grand) were to edit excellently, become an
> administrator eventually, and then reveal myself to be Flameviper.
> Hopefully, the fact that an indefinitely-banned user could become a sysop
> would show everyone that I wasn't that bad after all, blah blah blah.
>
> Two-Sixteen brings up the issue of Flameviper to CattleGirl, a sysop. I
> deliver a message to CattleGirl through e-mail.
>
> The issue of my unblocking is brought up at WP:AN or some such board by
> SOMEONE OTHER THAN TWO-SIXTEEN. I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH.
>
> There is actually a discussion held, which results in a consensus to
> unblock me. Through the entire discussion, the user Metros continually takes
> every opportunity to attack me ("major stability issues", "is a troll").
>
> Flameviper is unblocked.
>
> Jpgordon performs a random-ass checkuser and finds that Two-Sixteen and
> Flameviper are the same person.
>
> Both accounts are indef-blocked.
>
> And of course, everyone proceeds to take their free pot shot at me.
>
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