Edit warring and abuse of administrative powers
- Hello, Moriori. I came here to comment to you about your editing of Staines. I was going to point out that you have been edit warring. Before deciding whether to simply give you a warning or to block you, I looked further into the relevant history. I was, frankly, astonished to discover that you were the administrator who blocked another editor in the same edit war. (Evidently that is what BWilkins referred to, above.)
- You have been involved in an edit war. I am sure you are aware that doing so is grounds for a block. You have blocked another editor for a week for participating in the same edit war. You have further compounded the problem by blocking when you are involved, which is a breach of policy. It seems to me, therefore, that a block of at least a week, if not longer, would be justified. However, I have blocked you for just 48 hours. I take it that it is unnecessary to inform you how to appeal a block if you wish to do so. JamesBWatson (talk) 18:09, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
- Also take a look at this. The comments on my talk page are almost bordering on personal attacks. I'm also surprised that I never expected this user to be an administrator. Something should be done about this. Till I Go Home (talk) 10:09, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
- It's nice to see the article has stabilised. The name change paragraph is little different to what I was pushing for, and the pov synth I objected to has disappeared. There are still some problems with it tho because of unreferenced information. Moriori (talk) 02:24, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
- Also take a look at this. The comments on my talk page are almost bordering on personal attacks. I'm also surprised that I never expected this user to be an administrator. Something should be done about this. Till I Go Home (talk) 10:09, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
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| For finally seeing there are more ways than one to skin a cat.
I have been here longer than 10 years now (first as IP), editing sporadically really because I actually have work to do. I have always winced every time the project lost some of its vitality when productive editors like RickK became disillusioned with bullshit and left. He's been followed by many, many others, Andy The Grump being the most recent. I’m not perfect, and I can take my lumps if deserved. I was blocked for breach of policy. It made me think of quitting, not because I don't think policy counts, but because I don't believe “policy” always comes before protecting Wikipedia. But I thought no way, quitting would be a copout bigtime. So I am staying, and I will edit according to policy, but I will apply policy as well. When I need another admin to intervene you can bet your bottom dollar the first name that comes to mind will be JamesBWatson. |