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The user GNAA Popeye was blocked for "repeated vandalism". However, none of this user's contributions seemed to be vandalism, and Mark Richards unblocked him on Oct 21st for this reason. Then Silsor permanently reblocked him on Oct 21st. Arminius claimed on Silsor's talk page that Mark Richards unblocked GNAA Popeye again (though I know of no way of verifying this). Arminius then reblocked him on Oct 27th.
Silsor, when asked for an explanation about the block, did not point to proof of vandalism, but instead claimed that deliberately trolling the Wikipedia community was sufficient grounds for blocking, and provided a mere IRC (or similar) log of GNAA Popeye claiming to intend to troll Wikipedia, without any evidence of any actual trolling. Silsor then ignored further questions on the Village Pump. I also asked Arminius (who apparently performed the blocking on behalf of Silsor) for more information, but he simply erased my question from his user page.
Permanent blocking of a user with no tangible justification. Ignoring of requests for explanations.
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I have not spent much effort on the subject of GNAA Popeye simply because he craves attention, which the bringer of this RFC has kindly given him. A quick glance at his contributions shows that his actions at Wikipedia are mostly confined to defending his trolling club, with a few minor diversions such as vandalizing Hadal's user page with the summary "fuck jews and chinks and spics and dot com billionaires". I ban users only for trolling Wikipedia and I couldn't care less what they do outside it; my quote of GNAA Popeye saying "my weekend getaway is trolling wikipedia" was an attempt to point others to his behaviour, which seems to have flown right over some people's heads. silsor 08:11, Nov 14, 2004 (UTC)
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Thank you for replying at last, Silsor. (Note: I am not sure whether a reply should appear here or somewhere else on the page, so feel free to move it around if necessary.) I have further questions:
Also, please do not blame me for "kindly giving attention to this user". It was you and Arminius who ignored my questions. In a rather not kind way, if I may say. -- Sam Hocevar 13:52, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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This is a summary written by users who dispute this sysop's conduct. Users who edit or endorse this summary should not edit the other summaries.
The user GNAA Popeye was blocked for "repeated vandalism". However, none of this user's contributions seemed to be vandalism, and Mark Richards unblocked him on Oct 21st for this reason. Then Silsor permanently reblocked him on Oct 21st. Arminius claimed on Silsor's talk page that Mark Richards unblocked GNAA Popeye again (though I know of no way of verifying this). Arminius then reblocked him on Oct 27th.
Silsor, when asked for an explanation about the block, did not point to proof of vandalism, but instead claimed that deliberately trolling the Wikipedia community was sufficient grounds for blocking, and provided a mere IRC (or similar) log of GNAA Popeye claiming to intend to troll Wikipedia, without any evidence of any actual trolling. Silsor then ignored further questions on the Village Pump. I also asked Arminius (who apparently performed the blocking on behalf of Silsor) for more information, but he simply erased my question from his user page.
Permanent blocking of a user with no tangible justification. Ignoring of requests for explanations.
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I have not spent much effort on the subject of GNAA Popeye simply because he craves attention, which the bringer of this RFC has kindly given him. A quick glance at his contributions shows that his actions at Wikipedia are mostly confined to defending his trolling club, with a few minor diversions such as vandalizing Hadal's user page with the summary "fuck jews and chinks and spics and dot com billionaires". I ban users only for trolling Wikipedia and I couldn't care less what they do outside it; my quote of GNAA Popeye saying "my weekend getaway is trolling wikipedia" was an attempt to point others to his behaviour, which seems to have flown right over some people's heads. silsor 08:11, Nov 14, 2004 (UTC)
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Thank you for replying at last, Silsor. (Note: I am not sure whether a reply should appear here or somewhere else on the page, so feel free to move it around if necessary.) I have further questions:
Also, please do not blame me for "kindly giving attention to this user". It was you and Arminius who ignored my questions. In a rather not kind way, if I may say. -- Sam Hocevar 13:52, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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