This is madness. I have been watching debate on ALERT, and I would like to express my displeasure at the way this has been handled. Without commentating on the individual merits of the case - there has been a massive overreaction. We may not be wikipedia, but I would expect we at least remain CIVIL in matters such as this. Community civil wars are never helpful.
I note that we tend to have a civil war like this, every so often throughout our history. In addition, every time, people are driven away. It is something, that I feel, needs to be worked on to ensure, this never happens again. Anyway, I have an exam to sit :S Brian Anderton On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Mikemoral <[email protected]> wrote: > That's what I'm doing now. > > On 6/3/2010 1:30 PM, bawolff wrote: > > Please tell me someone has emailed him back explaining why he was blocked. > -- > - Bawolff > Caution: The mass of this product contains the energy equivalent of 85 > million tons of TNT per net ounce of weight. > > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Mikemoral <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I went ahead an redacted all the email addresses below as a courtesy for > Matthew Edwards and myself. > > --Mikemoral > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Wikipedia e-mail > Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:25:42 +0000 > > Hi, > > I'm not really sure what's going on. I haven't been on Wikinews in several > days, and my family and I have been out of the country for most of last week > and this, so if there has been any recent vandalism or other activity > associated with my account please notify Wikipedia and Commons, or meta or > something, because it is not me and I have unified login and use the same > account password, and I am also an admin at WP. > > I will have to deal with it all when I get back to America but I'm not > coming home til Saturday, and even then might not get online til I go back > to work Monday. > > I don't have any access to the internet right now; nomally I could use my > cellphone but I don't want to pay international roaming data charges, and my > mother doesn't own a computer. I will try to get to an internet cafe, but I > have other things I.R.L. that I must deal with first that are more > important. > > Thanks for letting me know, and I'll also see if I have any WP admins in my > email contacts to tell them to block my account. > > Regards, Matthew Edwards > > ---------- > Sent from my Verizon Wireless mobile phone > > ------Original Message------ > From: Mikemoral <redacted> > To: "Matthewedwards" <redacted> > Date: Thu, Jun 3, 4:32 AM +0000 > Subject: Wikipedia e-mail > > Hello, > > I'm informing you as a Wikinews sysop that you have been indefinitely > blocked from Wikinews. You may see details of the block at Wikinews' version > of ANI at > <http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Admin_action_alerts#Matthewedwards_.28talk_.C2.B7_contribs.29_indef_blocked>. > > Regards, > > Mikemoral > > -- > This e-mail was sent by user "Mikemoral" on the English Wikipedia to user > "Matthewedwards". It has been automatically delivered and the Wikimedia > Foundation cannot be held responsible for its contents. > > The sender has not been given the recipient's email address, or any > information about his/her e-mail account; and the recipient has no > obligation to reply to this e-mail or take any other action that might > disclose his/her identity. For further information on privacy, security, and > replying, as well as abuse and removal from emailing, see > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Email>. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikinews-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikinews-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikinews-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikinews-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikinews-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikinews-l > > -- The information contained in this E-mail message is intended for the addressee only and may contain privileged information.If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, copy or distribute this message or the information in it.If you have received this message in error, please e-mail the sender immediately. _______________________________________________ Wikinews-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikinews-l
