PeterKa

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.)

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." (My guess is that Ponyo is less interested in diacritics or edit warring than in [[User:PeterKa/Filipacchi | this essay]].)

After I was blocked, an ANI discussion could be held without my participation. There is of course a rule against this sleazy tactic. To keep bringing up the same complaints again and again is called "forum shopping." In fact, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Archive252#Ban_proposal:_Kauffner the discussion which resulted in my being banned] consists almost entirely of references to previous discussions. There aren't even any specific accusations against me, much less diffs to support them. Proper procedure is to appeal ANI findings to Arbcom.

After I was blocked, an ANI discussion could be held without my participation. There is of course a rule against this sleazy tactic. To keep bringing up the same complaints again and again is called "forum shopping." In fact, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Archive252#Ban_proposal:_Kauffner the discussion which resulted in my being banned] consists almost entirely of references to previous discussions. There aren't even any specific accusations against me, much less diffs to support them. Proper procedure is to appeal ANI findings to Arbcom.