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I am your basic refugee from Wikipedia's ideological wars. The specific issues that led to my ban are discussed in [[User:PeterKa/Arbcom | my Arbcom appeal]]. But perhaps I can present some larger lessons based on my experience. In a series of cases I am familiar with, Wikipedia has resolved persistent conflict between liberal and conservative editors by banning conservatives. Judging from my case, this policy may apply even the conflict is all about the liberal editor being malicious and unreasonable and the conservative editor is a top contributor. I was banned over an article I wrote about [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Han-Nom&oldid=563875554 Sino-Vietnamese characters], so retreating to an apolitical topic after I targeted didn't work. I should add that my ban is irregular in that it was done by a cabal of admins who didn't bother to explain themselves before acting (or even feel the need to give all that much explanation afterwards). They presumably coordinated off Wikipedia somewhere. The banning of someone with any significant amount of editing experience is normally done "by consensus," i.e. after significant public discussion.  

I am your basic refugee from Wikipedia's ideological wars. The specific issues that led to my ban are discussed in [[User:PeterKa/Arbcom | my Arbcom appeal]]. But I will present some larger lessons I learned here. In a series of cases I am familiar with, Wikipedia has resolved persistent conflict between liberal and conservative editors by banning conservatives. Judging from my case, this policy may apply even when the conflict is largely a result of the liberal editor being malicious and unreasonable, and the conservative editor is a top contributor. I was banned over an article I wrote about [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Han-Nom&oldid=563875554 Sino-Vietnamese characters]. So retreating to an apolitical topic didn't work either. I find it unlikely that so many high-ranking admins would take an interest in my activities on their own initiative. I don't think I was doing anything out of the ordinary at that time. At any rate, no one in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Archive252#Ban_proposal:_Kauffner the banning discussion] claimed that I was. I assume these admins got together somewhere off Wikipedia, agreed to do a hit, and then worked out a strategy. Such a procedure would be quite irregular. The banning of someone with any significant amount of editing experience is supposed to be done "by consensus," i.e. after significant public discussion at ANI or Arbcom.  

==What I have written==

==What I have written==