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We'll miss your presence and work here on the 'pedia, Nishidani. For what its worth, which isn't much, I think the block was a serious overreaction - 1 week for that comment, with no history of blocks/warnings for the behavior cited in the block reason? Unfortunate that excessively punitive reactions, unevenly applied, take away some of our best editors but leave us with many of lesser worth. Avruch 16:14, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. John Carter (talk) 16:19, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
All Nishidani needs to do is back down and request unblock. Look at the diff I cited. They need to recognize this sort of participation is completely inappropriate and unhelpful. They need to renounce incitement and drama mongering as editorial tactics. Jehochman 16:27, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
I'm familiar with Meatball:Goodbye, but its singularly unhelpful to note it in a post here. I'm not sure why he needs to 'back down' - this isn't a dominance game, or a test of wills, nor does he need to learn his place. Perhaps the wording of his post was ill-advised, particularly for such a high profile place. But let's review:
  • He's got a history of similar exchanges with the same user, with intent understood
  • He does not have a history of being blocked or warned for personal attacks, indeed he edits in some of the most contentious areas of Misplaced Pages with noteworthy aplomb
  • The comment is not the sort that even regularly draws warnings, let alone warning free blocks
  • I've been regularly following Nishidani's work around the wiki for quite some time, and I have never seem him use "incitement and dramamongering" as an editorial tactic. Absolutely the opposite, in fact - he overwhelms people with erudition, and far more often draws criticism for long comments with obscure references than for anything else.
Given that, a week-long block truly seems unnecessarily punitive. I usually respect your judgment, Jehochman, and don't recall having criticised it in the past even when I might quibble. This particular time, though, I think you are in error. Avruch 17:39, 1 April 2009 (UTC)


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For your brave attempts to upheld scholarly standards in the Israel/Palestine-area of WP. Deep regards to Nishidani from Huldra (talk) 16:38, 1 April 2009 (UTC)