[Wikipedia-l] Blocked, insulted, and pissed

Sun Nov 3 20:02:12 UTC 2002

Eli wrote:
> Your user name or IP address has been blocked by PierreAbbat. The reason 
> given is this:
> Vandalized World Trade Center, William I of England. Removed large 
> section of Napoleonic Code,
...
> I am new to Wikipedia.  The time I first saw this page, I had not yet 
> registered a user name on Wikipedia.  I plead innocent to these crimes.

Your ISP uses a caching server which hides both you and some asshole 
vandal behind the same IP address. We have no way of telling you apart, 
unfortunately.

I've unblocked the IP, and am putting it on a list to watch in case the 
vandal comes back as well as you.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)