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Stevertigo's unblocking himself was allowed to stand it would become impossible to justify blocking any user for revert-warring ever again without placing ourselves in a morally dubious position. After the whole fiasco several admins acted as though what Stevertigo did was no big deal, and that somehow the four of us who attempted to make him abide by community standards had acted improperly. That way cabalism lies.
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Arbitration Committee for such a long summary (much of which repeats Curps' excellent statement), but I felt it necessary to explain my own actions and why I feel that the present situation is one of extreme importance for the future of the project.
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I agree with the comments made above by the other admins, especially those made by
Mackensen. Administrative abuse is a very serious matter and should concern the entire community. I've seen no sign that Stevertigo wishes to accept blame or acknowledge his misconduct.
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please cite the evidence and voice your objections within your own section of the page. It is especially important to not remove evidence presented by others. If something is put in the wrong place, please leave it for the arbitrators to move.
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Stevertigo unblocked himself (again), and having already decided that the block for the 3RR violation was more than justified, I re-blocked with a somewhat stern note, and left an explanatory comment on Stevertigo's talk page:
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I did not block the other peson to break the 3 revert rule becuase it was not reported. 3rr violations can take up to 15 mins to cheack and as a result I don't really have time to go looking for them.11:03, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
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Your edits are thinly-veiled editorializing on the side of the North and the Viet Cong. i'm not interesting in arguing this much longer; i assume CJK will remove your POV changes.
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