QUOTE(The Joy @ Wed 24th February 2010, 3:57am)
For goodness sakes, ArbCom, ban Herostratus now and let us be rid of his filth and idiocy.
I had been trying to figure out if there could be a less sordid explanation compatible with the circumstances he described, however he seems to have forfeited that possibility by claiming the whole thing was a twisted joke on his part.
I suspect he may be reading this thread, as this comment appears to be in light of my previous analysis:
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For goodness sake, can't you people recognize a joke when you see one? Under what conditions on this planet is a person "not allowed to view periodicals published after 1960", for crying out loud. Good grief. How about a note to the talk page before a block, hmm? Herostratus (talk) 03:44, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Oddly on his user-page he actually had written "periodicals published
before 1960", so I don't know what to make of it.
Personally I'd change the ban reason to "trolling" and let historians decide whether it refers to past or present.
So about the fucking arbcom (well, they were here just a moment ago) at a minimum I thought they (or Jimbeaux) would summarily de-sysop for self-unblocking; I know both like to do so for far less.