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> banned means banned, Don't they understand how sick they really are?
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post Mon 27th February 2012, 6:35pm
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A few days ago I told my friend that, when a user is banned from wikipedia, his user page is replaced with banned user template. She looked at me, and asked "why?" I was not able to explain to her "why" because a normal person will never be able to understand it anyway.

Even before I was banned, I observed how a "little shit" Daedalus969 (T-C-L-K-R-D) and other "little shits" were doing this, but today a sitting arbitrator AGK (T-C-L-K-R-D) did it too:
"banned means banned; barnstars, and his actual userpage, are in the history"
Why, AGK, did you do it? What is wrong, if below the banned user template there would be barnstars? What are you afraid of? Don't you understand how sick it looks to normal people?

And suddenly I realized that "the banned user template" is the only thing I'd like to be associated with me in the insane asylum that calls "wikipedia" http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?titl...0&oldid=3513926.

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post Mon 27th February 2012, 6:47pm
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QUOTE(mbz1 @ Mon 27th February 2012, 6:35pm) *

A few days ago I told my friend that, when a user is banned from wikipedia, his user page is replaced with banned user template. She looked at me, and asked "why?" I was not able to explain to her "why" because a normal person will never be able to understand it anyway.



Because to a great extent banning people is a game of whack-a-mole and the banned template is either a trophy for the banner or his/her way of branding the banee as his/her chattel.
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QUOTE(Heat @ Mon 27th February 2012, 1:47pm) *

QUOTE(mbz1 @ Mon 27th February 2012, 6:35pm) *

A few days ago I told my friend that, when a user is banned from wikipedia, his user page is replaced with banned user template. She looked at me, and asked "why?" I was not able to explain to her "why" because a normal person will never be able to understand it anyway.



Because to a great extent banning people is a game of whack-a-mole and the banned template is either a trophy for the banner or his/her way of branding the banee as his/her chattel.


That's a nice way to put it. I agree, it's really all about the banner feeling good about themselves.
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mbz1   banned means banned   Mon 27th February 2012, 6:35pm
Heat   A few days ago I told my friend that, when a user...   Mon 27th February 2012, 6:47pm
mbz1   [quote name='mbz1' post='299531' date='Mon 27th F...   Mon 27th February 2012, 6:58pm
AGK   [quote name='mbz1' post='299531' date='Mon 27th ...   Mon 27th February 2012, 8:02pm
mbz1   [quote name='mbz1' post='299540' date='Mon 27th F...   Mon 27th February 2012, 8:14pm
AGK   I am not sure about barnstar gallery added after ...   Mon 27th February 2012, 8:28pm
AGK   A few days ago I told my friend that, when a user...   Mon 27th February 2012, 7:20pm
spp   [quote name='mbz1' post='299531' date='Mon 27th F...   Mon 27th February 2012, 7:30pm
mbz1   I see you circumvented your English Wikipedia b...   Mon 27th February 2012, 7:32pm
jd turk   The banned template and blanking of the user page ...   Mon 27th February 2012, 7:39pm
lilburne   [quote name='mbz1' post='299531' date='Mon 27th F...   Mon 27th February 2012, 7:43pm
mbz1   [quote name='mbz1' post='299531' date='Mon 27th ...   Mon 27th February 2012, 7:51pm
lonza leggiera   [quote name='lilburne' post='299557' date='Mon 27...   Mon 27th February 2012, 10:58pm
mbz1   I see you circumvented your English Wikipedia b...   Mon 27th February 2012, 7:56pm
radek   [quote name='mbz1' post='299531' date='Mon 27th F...   Mon 27th February 2012, 8:07pm
jayvdb   I actually hate that practice of putting those te...   Mon 27th February 2012, 11:43pm
mbz1   I think a note at the top of the userpage is use...   Tue 28th February 2012, 6:34pm
Peter Damian   My objection in this case was to the use of an in...   Mon 27th February 2012, 9:10pm
mbz1   [quote name='AGK' post='299547' date='Mon 27th Fe...   Mon 27th February 2012, 9:31pm
Peter Damian   It is a punishment by shame, something like this...   Mon 27th February 2012, 9:34pm
mbz1   It is a punishment by shame, something like thi...   Mon 27th February 2012, 10:24pm
jd turk   It is a punishment by shame... I just don...   Mon 27th February 2012, 9:47pm
iii   I see you circumvented your English Wikipedia blo...   Mon 27th February 2012, 11:14pm
SB_Johnny   Listen here, you sanctimonious little fuck: Who t...   Tue 28th February 2012, 12:02am
Tarc   I see you circumvented your English Wikipedia bl...   Tue 28th February 2012, 12:43am
RMHED   [quote name='iii' post='299616' date='Mon 27th Fe...   Tue 28th February 2012, 1:05am
Tarc   I have a premonition that your children too will g...   Tue 28th February 2012, 1:16am
RMHED   I have a premonition that your children too will ...   Tue 28th February 2012, 1:18am
mbz1   [quote name='Tarc' post='299634' date='Tue 28th F...   Tue 28th February 2012, 2:25am
jd turk   So, yes, if I lived in Stalin's Russia, I wo...   Tue 28th February 2012, 3:21am
Tarc   So, yes, if I lived in Stalin's Russia, I w...   Tue 28th February 2012, 3:53am
Fusion   PS: Mila, I used "gulag" on purpose. I...   Tue 28th February 2012, 12:49pm
mbz1   PS: Mila, I used "gulag" on purpose. ...   Tue 28th February 2012, 4:01pm
Tarc   Hey, sicko, I am giving you permission to reveal m...   Tue 28th February 2012, 4:46pm
EricBarbour   Listen here, you sanctimonious little fuck: Who th...   Tue 28th February 2012, 1:10am
Cedric   [quote name='iii' post='299616' date='Mon 27th Fe...   Tue 28th February 2012, 1:29am
Ottava   [quote name='mbz1' post='299531' date='Mon 27th F...   Wed 14th March 2012, 3:17pm
Emperor   Wait. You added a message on his talk page? What...   Mon 27th February 2012, 8:02pm
AGK   Wait. You added a message on his talk page? Wha...   Mon 27th February 2012, 8:24pm
mbz1   [quote name='Emperor' post='299566' date='Mon 27t...   Mon 27th February 2012, 8:37pm
Wikifan   [quote name='Emperor' post='299566' date='Mon 27...   Mon 27th February 2012, 8:52pm
Tarc   people hate you mbz1. I feel a sad sort of pity,...   Mon 27th February 2012, 8:59pm
mbz1   By the by, I may be a sitting arbitrator, but I ...   Mon 27th February 2012, 9:02pm
Malik Shabazz   people hate you mbz1. why almost every time you...   Mon 27th February 2012, 10:52pm
lilburne   Has any one danced around WBB's latest talk pa...   Mon 27th February 2012, 9:38pm
mbz1   Has any one danced around WBB's latest talk p...   Mon 27th February 2012, 10:20pm
RMHED   Listen here, you sanctimonious little fuck: Who ...   Mon 27th February 2012, 11:19pm
mbz1   Back to the topic of the thread this user who use...   Tue 28th February 2012, 3:49am
Mooby   Back to the topic of the thread this user who us...   Thu 15th March 2012, 3:00am
Emperor   [quote name='mbz1' post='299657' date='Mon 27th F...   Thu 15th March 2012, 3:16am
mbz1   [quote name='Mooby' post='302585' date='Wed 14th ...   Thu 15th March 2012, 5:34am
Michaeldsuarez   Back to the topic of the thread [url=http://en.w...   Tue 28th February 2012, 4:48am
mbz1   [quote name='mbz1' post='299657' date='Mon 27th F...   Tue 28th February 2012, 9:18am
Emperor   Hey mbz1, I like your new sig. Don't worry ab...   Tue 28th February 2012, 4:09pm
mbz1   Hey mbz1, I like your new sig. Don't worry a...   Tue 28th February 2012, 4:13pm
Emperor   Read what others think. It might make you feel be...   Tue 28th February 2012, 4:23pm
mbz1   Read what others think. It might make you feel b...   Tue 28th February 2012, 4:44pm
mbz1   When an editor is banned, some do not consider th...   Tue 28th February 2012, 6:50pm
jd turk   On February 25,2012 my image was a picture of the...   Tue 28th February 2012, 11:35pm
TungstenCarbide   [quote name='mbz1' post='299732' date='Tue 28th Fe...   Tue 28th February 2012, 11:48pm
Wikifan   that is pretty shitty imo. how many editors mana...   Tue 28th February 2012, 10:28pm
Somey   wikipedia community and global readers get access ...   Tue 28th February 2012, 10:30pm
Tarc   [quote name='Wikifan' post='299768' date='Tue 28t...   Tue 28th February 2012, 10:38pm
mbz1   [quote name='Wikifan' post='299768' date='Tue 28t...   Tue 28th February 2012, 10:39pm
Text   Good line, Joker. Heh. The fact is, Mila, you sh...   Tue 28th February 2012, 11:53pm
TungstenCarbide   ... The fact is, Mila, you shouldn't care abo...   Wed 29th February 2012, 12:11am
mbz1   ... The fact is, Mila, you shouldn't care ab...   Wed 29th February 2012, 12:29am
iii   cite This, Wikipedia, this is the kind of brill...   Thu 1st March 2012, 3:45am
thekohser   For fuck's sake, little arbman, just because ...   Thu 1st March 2012, 4:35am
mbz1   [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...   Thu 1st March 2012, 4:46am
mbz1   [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...   Thu 1st March 2012, 2:49pm
jd turk   And AGK responded, confirming that everything I s...   Thu 1st March 2012, 2:56pm
mbz1   The thing is that I suddenly realized I no longer ...   Thu 1st March 2012, 6:01pm
mbz1   Another notable saying was made by Risker http://e...   Thu 1st March 2012, 4:58am
iii   Another notable saying was made by Risker http://...   Thu 1st March 2012, 5:49am
radek   [quote name='mbz1' post='300030' date='Wed 29th F...   Thu 1st March 2012, 6:24am
Selina   Gibbet Pillory Stocks https://upload.wikimedia....   Thu 1st March 2012, 6:29am
mbz1   I will never get amazed on how sick some so called...   Thu 1st March 2012, 6:58pm
Wikifan   hey mbz1, do u take any responsibility for why you...   Thu 1st March 2012, 7:42pm
Malik Shabazz   mbz1, why did you request that your User pages be ...   Thu 1st March 2012, 9:34pm
mbz1   mbz1, why did you request that your User pages be...   Thu 1st March 2012, 9:43pm
Malik Shabazz   I explained it above, but here's one more tim...   Thu 1st March 2012, 9:56pm
Selina   If you don't want people googlestalking to fin...   Thu 1st March 2012, 10:26pm
mbz1   If you don't want people googlestalking to fi...   Thu 1st March 2012, 11:29pm
Selina   Changing the name on my images... Well, it could b...   Fri 2nd March 2012, 2:22am
Heat   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thu...   Fri 2nd March 2012, 2:44am
Emperor   I miss Moulton. This calls for an Ozymandias paro...   Fri 2nd March 2012, 1:55am
Zoloft   I miss Moulton. This calls for an Ozymandias par...   Fri 2nd March 2012, 2:15am
EricBarbour   Looks to me more like a stone monument to Jimbo Wa...   Fri 2nd March 2012, 3:35am
Selina   http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/4497/ozymandias...   Wed 14th March 2012, 1:01pm
Emperor   The only thinks that saddens me sometime is that e...   Wed 14th March 2012, 1:48pm
mbz1   No, not really, somebody just emailed me [url=ht...   Wed 14th March 2012, 5:22pm
Selina   I must have missed that, arg. Wow :( I hope so, ye...   Wed 14th March 2012, 1:53pm
mbz1   I must have missed that, arg. Wow :( I hope so, y...   Wed 14th March 2012, 3:13pm
Selina   Ah I misunderstood that at first, but I get where ...   Wed 14th March 2012, 5:45pm
mbz1   I just looked at Tarc's reply you linked ther...   Wed 14th March 2012, 5:51pm
mbz1   BTW the person, who emailed me the link called tha...   Wed 14th March 2012, 5:59pm
Proabivouac   Mbz1, instead of moaning about the long since IDd ...   Thu 15th March 2012, 5:30am
mbz1   Mbz1, instead of moaning about the long since IDd...   Thu 15th March 2012, 5:43am
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