[Wikipedia-l] Blocked, insulted, and pissed

Mon Nov 4 13:36:42 UTC 2002

On Sunday 03 November 2002 14:35, Eli wrote:
> [Probably not the right place for this plea.  Please forward to the right
> person.  (See next to last paragraph below for my reason for using this
> forum.]
>
> I am a new user of Wikipedia.  It seems like a great project.  Since about
> 1963, I have believed that the world needs a really big encyclopedia to
> access all knowledge about everything (before the internet, I estimated
> thousands of printed volumes).  In the '80s I learned of the idea now
> called "hyperlink" and I knew, theoretically, how this could work as a
> continually updated virtual book.  Nupedia and Wikipedia promise to fulfill
> this vision.
>
> But the very second time I tried to add a suggestion I was referred to a
> page with this content:
>
> ============================================================
> User is blocked
> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
>
> 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,
>
> You may contact the administrator to discuss the block.
>
> Return to Main Page.

I am very sorry for this. I can't at the moment see what the IP address is, 
as Wikipedia is stuck, but we've had incidents before where a proxy server 
was blocked.

phma