[Wikipedia-l] Fwd: Wikipedia e-mail

[Chuck Smith]

I don't know what to do with this message, so I'm
forwarding it here.  I expect someone else will be
better able to reply than me.

Thanks,
Chuck

 --- Sydneysider <cwernerhoff at yahoo.com> schrieb: >
An: Chuck SMITH <msochuck at yahoo.com>
> Betreff: Wikipedia e-mail
> Von: Sydneysider <cwernerhoff at yahoo.com>
> An: Chuck SMITH <msochuck at yahoo.com>
> Datum: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:14:22 +0000 (UTC)
> 
> I am having trouble with my contributions to a
> Wikipedia article. I have tried to keep my edits
> intact, but several Administrators keep reverting it
> to the preceding version. Then after a few efforts I
> was blocked for alleged vandalism. (By Tannin, who
> rather too conveniently, does not make his/her email
> address available for a response.)
> 
> However, I have read through what the website says
> about vandalism, and it is clear to me that my
> material has been reverted, and I have finally been
> blocked, for political reasons. 
> 
> I am a History Ph.D. with an extensive knowldge of
> American political history and a seasoned writer.
> The information I attempted to include in this
> particular entry may not please particular readers,
> but it does deserve to be acknowledged. Moreover, I
> was careful to write it in an objective manner. None
> of the people who reverted the page have any
> expertise in American political history and are
> certainly not fit to judge the merit of the passages
> I attempted to include.
> 
> That Administrators seems to have the power to
> prevent particular revisions taking place - by
> blocking using for alleged 'vandalism' (including
> material they object to for political reasons) is
> clearly in conflict with Wikikpedia 'open
> publishing' principles and probably constitutes a
> major flaw of the system. The removal of all
> material that they object to for political reasons
> leaves nothing but the bare bones (in this case) of
> a biography, from which all important material has
> been excised. I am sure the aim is not to produce
> something that elementary.
> 
> Let me quote what it says on the relevant Wikipedia
> page:
> 
> "Sysops can block and unblock IP addresses. This is
> meant to be used solely to deal with persistent
> vandalism. IP banning is not meant to be used
> against unpopular opinions, non-persistent
> vandalism, etc."
> 
> So what can be done when Administrators are clearly
> acting for political reasons? (Or who should I
> contact about this problem?)
> 
> 
>  

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