[WikiEN-l] Do NOT appeal bans, for your own sake (was Re: Admins who do not have email this user enabled (list inside))

[Marc Riddell]

> On 16/09/2007, Armed Blowfish <diodontida.armata at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Come to think of it, appealing blocks of
>> any kind can often result in being attacked.
>> Therefore, my advice to blocked or banned
>> users who have disclosed their real name or
>> a long-standing pseudonym is this:
>> DO NOT APPEAL.  Simply request any
>> courtesy blankings / deletions you want,
>> hoping that by not appealing you don't
>> become 'notable', by some odd defintion
>> that Wikipaedia uses as a justification for
>> destroying the online and offline reputations
>> of banned users, and then go poof!  Unless
>> your requests for courtesy blankings and
>> deletions are refused, or worse yet
>> responded to with more attacks, in which
>> case I guess you are screwed.
>> blah blah
>> 
> 
on 9/18/07 8:50 AM, Vee at vee.be.me at gmail.com wrote:

> Oddly enough I actually agree with this. If I was banned I wouldn't kick up
> a huge fuss fighting it (even if it really was unfair) because in those
> cases people tend to react against you even more and you'll never hear the
> end of it. Best to just drop it and move on.

Vee,

They react against you because you protest being banned!? And simply the
fear of this is enough to deter you?!

Doesn't sound like a very friendly, mature culture!

Marc Riddell