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Ever wondered how Wikipedia gets rid of unwanted conservatives? They have it down to a science. Liberal editors will harass the victim until he reacts. Then they use his reaction as the basis for a complaint to Administrator's Noticeboard/Incidents (ANI). Established liberal editors rarely get sanctioned for harassing a conservative, the situation has to be resolved somehow, so the result is often a "topic ban" for the conservative. At this point, Team Harassment smells blood, and more people get involved. They accuse the victim of violating the topic ban. He can stop editing or be banned from Wikipedia altogether.

Ever wondered how Wikipedia gets rid of unwanted conservatives? They have it down to a science. Liberal editors will harass the victim until he reacts. Then they use his reaction as the basis for a complaint to Administrator's Noticeboard/Incidents (ANI). Established liberal editors rarely get sanctioned for harassing a conservative, the situation has to be resolved somehow, so the result is often a "topic ban" for the conservative. At this point, Team Harassment smells blood, and more people get involved. They accuse the victim of violating the topic ban. He generally stops editing for an extended period, or gets banned from Wikipedia altogether. If you don't fall for any of these gags, the matter can always be referred to a clique of senior femi-Nazi admins. This clique has extraordinary powers that are not documented anywhere in the guidelines, at least as far as I am aware. They hand out extended blocks with prior warning, make up their own rules, and skip ANI.

At one point, I was a top Wikipedia contributor with over 37,000 edits and a clean record. Then I was blocked by MSGJ, a newbie admin, for "your diacritics crusade," as he put it. The rationale for the block was so thin that Jenks24, another admin who was a friend of mine, immediately unblocked me. But having friends in high places turned out to be more trouble than it was worth. This "wheel warring" episode unleashed a wave of indignation from the brotherhood of the admins. I was brought before ANI several times. Each time, I argued circles around Team Harassment and escaped sanction. I was implementing a guideline for Vietnamese titles which I had written myself. The guideline conformed to higher level Wikipedia policies, as well as to the ''Chicago Manual of Style'', a widely followed style standard recommended in the guidelines. (See [[User:PeterKa/Diacritics_proposal | here]] for a detailed arguement.)

At one point, I was a top Wikipedia contributor with over 37,000 edits and a clean record. Then I was blocked by MSGJ, a newbie admin, for "your diacritics crusade," as he put it. The rationale for the block was so thin that Jenks24, another admin who was a friend of mine, immediately unblocked me. But having friends in high places turned out to be more trouble than it was worth. This "wheel warring" episode unleashed a wave of indignation from the brotherhood of the admins. I was brought before ANI several times. Each time, I argued circles around Team Harassment and escaped sanction. I was implementing a guideline for Vietnamese titles which I had written myself. The guideline conformed to higher level Wikipedia policies, as well as to the ''Chicago Manual of Style'', a widely followed style standard recommended in the guidelines. (See [[User:PeterKa/Diacritics_proposal | here]] for a detailed argument.)

A few months later, Jenks24 stopped editing and Team Harassment set up a trap for me. Someone started blanking articles I'd written. I reverted the blanking and was blocked for "edit warring" by Ponyo, a high ranking admin and oversighter. The accusation makes no sense under the edit warring guideline, which classifies article blanking as a form of "obvious vandalism." The message explaining the block refers to the "diacritics crusade" block from a year earlier, so I don't considered it to be about edit warring at all. I put it under the heading "more payback."

A few months later, Jenks24 stopped editing and Team Harassment set up a trap for me. Someone started blanking articles I'd written. I reverted the blanking and was blocked for "edit warring" by Ponyo, a high ranking admin and oversighter. The accusation makes no sense under the edit warring guideline, which classifies article blanking as a form of "obvious vandalism." The message explaining the block refers to the "diacritics crusade" block from a year earlier, so I don't considered it to be about edit warring at all. I put it under the heading "more payback."