QUOTE(GlassBeadGame @ Wed 3rd March 2010, 5:40pm)
QUOTE(Eva Destruction @ Wed 3rd March 2010, 12:02pm)
The Irregular Verbs of Wikipedia:
Herostratus (v, n):- "I was only having a joke"
- "He has exercised poor judgement"
- "They are blatant trolls and have been blocked indefinitely"
- "You are a Wikipedia administrator so 'admonishment' will suffice"
Incidentally, does anyone outside of Wikipedia ever actually use the word "admonish"?
And what do they have to prove that his statement was a mere joke? Did he provide a background check or police clearance? Some of the details of his claim to be under criminal sanctions didn't add up but it clear he is a liar, one way the other or perhaps in a mixed fashion with actual criminal sanctions but lying about the details. He may be a convicted pedophile laughing his ass off that he
told them and they still let him continue. Once a person makes deliberate false statements it taints everything they say afterward. ArbCom is completely unskilled in handling evidence of any kind.
I actually agree with you on this one. I don't understand why Arbcom are handling this one so ineptly, and why there's this "admonishing" of Viridae. Police are routinely called out to "firearm incidents" which turn out to be kids messing in the street with realistic toy guns; that the whole thing turns out to be a misunderstanding doesn't mean that the witnesses who call the police, nor the police themselves, are acting incorrectly when they stop the kids; Viridae should be commended for prompt action against an apparent security breach, not admonished because Arbcom can't bear to admit that one of their precious administrators is at best acting like a juvenile asshole. SirFozzie appears to be the only Arb there who actually understands the issue.
This exchange plumbs a depressingly familiar depth, too.