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> Herschelkrustofsky banned for one year, Do you suppose it's for participating in this forum?
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This came pretty much out of the blue: My one year ban. It turns out that it was initiated by Dmcdevit, someone with whom I have never had any dealings, in this edit of April 30, well after I had stopped editing Wikipedia. I can't help but wonder whether joining this forum has made me a target. I imagine that other forum members can enlighten me on this topic.

Tell me, is it customary to blank one's user page under such circumstances? It may be that my user page (see previous version) pissed someone off. Oddly, my page was blanked anonymously by 69.117.7.84 -- do any of you more experienced nerds have the expertise to find out who that is? And can any unbanned Wikipedians out there restore my user page while I am banned?
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That's predictable. Just start a new account and continue editing.
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QUOTE(everyking @ Sun 7th May 2006, 4:20pm) *

That's predictable. Just start a new account and continue editing.


You should be careful. Karmafist said almost exactly the same words, and they were used as the primary reason why he was desysopped.
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QUOTE(blissyu2 @ Sun 7th May 2006, 8:10am) *

QUOTE(everyking @ Sun 7th May 2006, 4:20pm) *

That's predictable. Just start a new account and continue editing.


You should be careful. Karmafist said almost exactly the same words, and they were used as the primary reason why he was desysopped.


I have trouble believing that they could manage to desysop me for expressing an opinion off-wiki. I've been through the flames of hell on-wiki and they haven't desysopped me yet.
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QUOTE(everyking @ Sun 7th May 2006, 5:54pm) *

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QUOTE(everyking @ Sun 7th May 2006, 4:20pm) *

That's predictable. Just start a new account and continue editing.


You should be careful. Karmafist said almost exactly the same words, and they were used as the primary reason why he was desysopped.


I have trouble believing that they could manage to desysop me for expressing an opinion off-wiki. I've been through the flames of hell on-wiki and they haven't desysopped me yet.


Technically, Karmafist wasn't desysopped for what he wrote here. He was desysopped along with a number of others for "participating" in the Userbox dispute (note that the main culprits, Kelly Martin, Snowspinner and Tony Sidaway, were not desysopped). However, all of the others who were desysopped over the Userbox dispute succeeded in re-applying. Karmafist didn't. The primary reason why people voted oppose on his RFA was because of his writing here.

It's what we call a loophole.
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Daniel Brandt   http://www.wikipedia-watch.org/gifs/caution5.gif -...  
Donny   This came pretty much out of the blue: My one yea...  
Ben   I'm about 80% sure 69.117.7.84 is a sockpuppe...  
blissyu2   *sighs* There should be a warning for this forum:...  
Daniel Brandt   I think he's more of a bot programmer who cre...  
Ben   Yeah, I'm not so sure that those IPs are Cur...  
CrazyGameOfPoker   It might be Carnilado. A couple of edits show work...  
everyking   Obviously we don't agree. At all.  
Herschelkrustofsky   I have taken a look at Category:Wikipedia:Temporar...  
blissyu2   Worse, the blanking was done by an anon: http://e...  
Herschelkrustofsky   Worse, the blanking was done by an anon: http://...  
Daniel Brandt   And while you're at it, please restore my use...  
guy   Yes, I guess it was a legal threat, but it came f...  
Daniel Brandt   The new law isn't laid out in one sentence. It...  
Herschelkrustofsky   Now it appears that SlimVirgin is engaged in a rev...  
It's the blimp, Frank   Now it appears that SlimVirgin is engaged in a [u...  
Herschelkrustofsky   Yes, and I got banned for participating: http://e...  
sgrayban   [quote name='It's the blimp, Frank' post='695...  
blissyu2   Actually, there is worse. Check out my original a...  
kotepho   WP:BAN says that it can be done, but it certainly ...  
Ben   First, you copy and paste from my post, which yo...  
Herschelkrustofsky   This is ridiculous. I gave a whole bunch of goo...  
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