[WikiEN-l] Follow-up on my Ban from Wikipedia (part 3)

[K P]

On 9/7/07, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> Flame Viper wrote:
> > This section of the message is simply a list of links relevant to the events discussed previously.
> >
> >
> > So now you know the (mostly) complete story of the Flamey  Snake.
> > I hope you can use this information for good, and not simply for my unblocking, but to improve the conditions for editors on Wikipedia as a whole.
> While I read your first post I could sympathize to some degree, but I,
> like many others here, was not interested in reading a long-winded life
> history that was so prolix that it had to be spread out over four messages.
>
> Some have suggested that this list is used for last chance appeals.
> Maybe so, but that is completely unofficial.  For that to work you need
> to get the point.  With excess verbiage you risk losing those who would
> be more inclined to give you support.
>
> In the outside world appeals courts do not go through all the minutiae
> of evidence, but are more inclined to look at whether in broad terms the
> rules have been unjustly applied.
>
> Ec
>
Yes, I was somewhat sympathetic or inclined towards being sympathetic
with the first post, but I can't read all the rest--it wandered all
over the place.  I tried, but I wound up losing the thread of even the
first post.

KP