QUOTE(Lar @ Thu 10th September 2009, 10:22pm)
QUOTE(Peter Damian @ Thu 10th September 2009, 5:13pm)
As Thatcher has observed, my socks come with a label. They are also a matter of principle. I strongly disapprove of abusive socking, as Lar should know.
Pull the other one. (IMG:
smilys0b23ax56/default/yecch.gif) ... I think you forgot a "except when I'm doing it" in there, mate. Oh, darn, I forgot. Your socks are holier than most. Or holey-er, not sure which.
Abusive socking in my book is when
1. You vote twice in an election, which is easily done, but which I have never done.
2. You appear twice in the same thread under a different guise, appearing to give stronger support for a view than actually exists. I have never done this either.
Do I cause drama? In this case, it was a single action, nominating a poorly sourced article for deletion. The rest is history.
QUOTE(Appleby @ Fri 11th September 2009, 5:32am)
Does it matter if a blocked person could be a valuable contributor? If someone is fairly and properly blocked its because the project is better off without them even allowing for their quality. Of course, if the block is wrong that's another matter and no doubt One and others would arrange an unblock in such a case.
I was blocked for complaining about FT2's socking, which was of the abusive kind (see above). I have already been offered an unblock by Thatcher, on condition I keep quiet about this matter. I declined the offer.