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Wikipedia Executive Director Sue Gardner and her favored bullies couldn't figure out how to get a visual editor to work. But they did know how to drive off conservative users. Although I had eight years experience and 33,000 edits, I could still be dismissed with a "You're done here" and a form letter from Arbcom. (I'm "Kauffner" on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedians_by_number_of_edits this list].) A permanent ban is Wikipedia's most extreme penalty. But it's not like I ever went on some exciting rule-breaking rampage. I was summarily banned for doing what I had been doing things I had been doing for years, never given a warning or a second chance.

Wikipedia's Sue Gardner and her favored bullies couldn't figure out how to get a visual editor to work. But they did know how to drive off conservative users. Although I had eight years experience and 33,000 edits, I could still be dismissed with a "You're done here" and a form letter from Arbcom. (I'm "Kauffner" on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedians_by_number_of_edits this list].) A permanent ban is Wikipedia's most extreme penalty. But it's not like I ever went on some exciting rule-breaking rampage. I was summarily banned for doing what I had been doing things I had been doing for years, never given second chance or even a warning.

If Hollywood filmed this story, we would start with Gardner in her office reading [[User:PeterKa/Filipacchi | my send up of the gender categories controversy]], or one of my other amusing and insightful takes on Wikipedia goings on. Then she would roar, "Will no man rid me of this meddlesome editor!" Her minions would rush in, sharpening their laptops and girding their tablets. But that's the legend. Who knows how these grudge matches get started? At any rate, I was greatly relieved when Gardner finally left Wikipedia on June 1.

If Hollywood filmed this story, we would start with Gardner in her office reading [[User:PeterKa/Filipacchi | my send up of the gender categories controversy]], or one of my other amusing and insightful takes on Wikipedia goings on. Then she would roar, "Will no man rid me of this meddlesome editor!" Her minions would rush in, sharpening their laptops and girding their tablets. But that's the legend. Who knows how these grudge matches get started? At any rate, I was greatly relieved when Gardner's term as executive director finally ended on June 1.

In June 2012, Arbcom decided to topic ban an editor named GoodDay after other editors harassed and provoked him. Editors who saw this decision as a vindication of bullying tried to extend it to me. One editor named In ictu oculi became obsessed with my case, spent the next year going through my editing history looking for people who might have grudges against me, and fashioning them into a team. I was brought before ANI several times. The complaints related to the issue of [[diacritics]] in Vietnamese titles. IIO had taken no interest in this issue before the GoodDay ban, I had written the guideline on this subject myself.

In June 2012, Arbcom decided to topic ban an editor named GoodDay after other editors harassed and provoked him. Editors who saw this decision as a vindication of bullying tried to extend it to me. One editor named In ictu oculi became obsessed with my case, spent the next year going through my editing history looking for people who might have grudges against me, and fashioning them into a team. I was brought before ANI several times. The complaints related to the issue of [[diacritics]] in Vietnamese titles. IIO had taken no interest in this issue before the GoodDay ban, I had written the guideline on this subject myself.