[WikiEN-l] Admins who do not have email this user enabled (list inside)

[Wily D]

On 9/16/07, K P <kpbotany at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/13/07, Wily D <wilydoppelganger at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The short answer is: If I block someone, it's not like I have to
> > respond to their emails anyhow.    While it'd be nice to enable an
> > email address - if I'm not taking emails, it'd be better if that was
> > clear, rather than dishonestly letting them sit in an "in" bin
> > forever.  Anybody's who's been blocked can request a review from a
> > second admin anyhow {{unblock|reason}}
> >
> > WilyD
> >
> That's a rather hostile attitude to take towards the community of
> editors, that you can block, and their response to the block doesn't
> matter.
>
> "Start by finding out when your block will expire....
> If you do not wish to wait for your block to expire, you may contact
> the blocking administrator via email to resolve the problem that led
> to the block. To use this feature you must have a valid email address
> registered in your user preferences. If, after discussing the matter
> with them, you still believe your block is unfair, you may appeal the
> block by requesting that another administrator review your block.
>
> But it's a total lie that "you may contact the blocking administrator
> via e-mail to resolve the problem."  Becaue you can't contact the
> blocking administrator via email and even if you can, they don't have
> to respond, and they're rather smug about telling everyone they're
> free to ignore you.
>
> What's wrong with this picture?  Just about everything.
>
> So, in other words, it should say, "You may attempt to contact the
> blocking administrator via e-mail" but the blocking adminstrator is
> not required to have e-mail enabled, and might not respond to you, and
> damn proudly not respond, either.
>
> KP
>
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KP

Please don't misunderstand me.  I pre-emptively offer to undo almost
every block it's realistic for I'm involved in.  I mostly get
criticising for offering to unblock people, not block them.  And I
don't think anyone's going to fault me for not listening, even if I
might not ever be won over.  Roughly speaking, the attitude I'm
presenting there is not my own, but I acknowledge that it may exist
and then what?

My point is just that requiring admins to enable email so people
they've blocked can email them is pointless.  {{unblock|reason}} is by
far the best way to challenge an inappropriate block.  Then you'll get
someone who is looking to review blocks.  Not all admins *do* respond
to every request of them, sometimes for good reasons, maybe sometimes
for bad.

Regards
WilyD