User:Auth0RiTy/sandbox4
Draft for complaint about administrators
[edit]Administrators too harsh and overpowered?
[edit]PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY. AND READ THE WHOLE THING.
This issue has been bothering me for a year, ever since I joined Wikipedia. I've looked at several cases where Administrators have been really cruel, overpowered, and treated unfairly. Yeah, yeah. I know Wikipedia does not guarantee free speech. But I have to let you guys know this, because I think it will make Wikipedia a better place. Go ahead, block me if you want. But I'm still saying it.
First, I'm going to point out some numbers, which I find RIDICULOUS.
- The number of blocked users on Wikipedia could form a country with a population greater than Panama.
- There are 44x more currently blocked users than the number of blocked users who have been unblocked.
- There are 3327x more blocked users on Wikipedia than the number of Administrators.
- The number of users Materialscientist has blocked is more than the population of Aruba.
I didn't have this kind of feeling for this site a month ago. Back then, I tried not to get involved into Administrator and user situations. All I did was edit and create new articles on sports related things. Then, I felt like I should do something to contribute to the Wikipedia community. So I decided to become a New Page Reviewer. For the past year on Wikipedia, I've been doing stuff to edit Wikipedia, and nothing bothered me.
But, this peace did not last forever. On March 23rd, I was caught in an ip block, and I appealed it on IRC. We came with a conclusion, and the whole thing was supposed to be over. But it turned out it wasn't. Two weeks later, I got a notice saying I was blocked for sock puppetry, which I didn't do. I found this really strange, because I thought the case was concluded. And it turns out I was blocked by User:DeltaQuad, who had nothing to do with my case. But I did appeal the block anyways on IRC. This one IRC discussion with administrators made me lose all my respect for Wikipedia and especially its administrators. I told the administrators, who I am not going to name, because you guys will block me for "personal attacks". I told them that I was innocent, and I was using a library IP. And suddenly, all of them starting listing hogwash proof that I was the vandal. Just because another admin blocked me. And none of them believed I was in a library, so they threatened to send an email to the place I was in, because they thought that by threatening me, I would have nothing to hide. But I was fine with them doing that, because I already knew that they would be wrong about not believing me.
But I'm not here to complain about my block. The thing that made me lose all my respect to administrators is the way they acted. 2 weeks before my blocked, everyone said I was good faith and everything was fine. Case closed already. But, then, out of the blue, some administrator who had nothing to do with my case decided to run a goddamn checkuser, and block me because that's what admins do. And then, after I got blocked, I went on the IRC and then suddenly everyone started acting like I was the sock, and I was lying to them about the library. The sudden change in the admins's behavior was very suspicious, and I was furious in them. Their behavior change was probably caused by the blocked that DeltaQuad made, and it influenced them. Administrators do not have their own opinions, and they usually go with other administrators in an argument. This makes them very biased, and they are usually in favor of other admins.
This behavior is unacceptable, and must be stopped immediately, or else others like me will suffer. Administrators need less power, to recognize their mistakes, and what they did ruined my entire reputation on Wikipedia. They have ruined the many other reputations of users who want to make the wiki a better place.