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3 RR, cont.

From the Revert Rule:

"I've been blocked under 3RR! What do I do?

First, check if you actually did make a fourth revert in 24 hours or very close to it.

   * If you didn't, you should email the admin who blocked you (or another admin), politely point this out and ask to be unblocked."

An even cursory reading of this shows that it takes 4 reverts in 24 hours to trigger the revert rule. Just because administrators have misused, or abused, the rule before does not mean it was the right decision under the rule. That it had "popular support" is similarly not evidence that it ws the right move.

I get the idea. Nobody wants stale revert wars, and this rule seems like a reasonable way to prevent them. But it is a rule, with specific parameters, and if an administrator wants to interpret it in a manner completely inconsistent with the "letter of the law," that's his problem, not mine. As far as the "spirit of the rule" goes, I don't quite follow. This rule is bright line, and sets our specific guidelines for when one should and should not be blocked for violating the 3 revert rule. Hence, the "spirit" of the law is found in its "letter," and not in the clearly erroneous interpretation of overzealous administrators.--Freemarkets 01:05, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

User:68.249.240.230

Thank you for reverting the edits of, and banning 68.249.240.230. He had been terrorizing me on every chatroom or website he could post on! The Wookieepedian 09:31, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Wikiproject MMA

Dear Ryan, I would like you to think about MMA statsbox because Lakes and me are aguing about it. If you have chance, could you put your opinion in discussion page.Thank you.--Yappakoredesho 14:58, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

You Closed the AFD just as I was gathering quotations.

"According to the Bahia Gay Group, there is an average of one homosexual murder every three days in Brazil, putting the country in first place worldwide for "homocide," as the group calls the murders (LP, Jan. 23, 1997)."

"But when a few of us in GLF began scouring libraries and the basement archives of museums and the public record office, we discovered buried fragments of past queer lives. It was shocking to learn that gay men faced the death penalty until 1861, and life imprisonment until 1967. Via contacts with the queer rights movement in Germany, we began to piece together details of the Nazi bid to exterminate homosexuals. From this history of "homocide", we liberated the pink triangle that the Nazis forced gay concentration camp prisoners to wear - turning it into a symbol of pride and defiance."

Gemini6Ice 23:17, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

- I've placed an entry on the Votes for Undeletion page. I'm going to fight for what I believe in here, but I'm going to my best not to be seen as a vandal. :) Thanks for the reply! ^_^ --Gemini6Ice 23:30, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Bad edits by prev banned user

Hi you blocked this user User talk:69.119.119.178 for bad edits back in August they are now making large number of edits of dubious quality including adding "profiles" to numerous pages including star signs and favourite foods please take a look at some of their contribs Special:Contributions/69.119.119.178 Thanks Arnie587 02:12, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting vandalism on my page

Thanks! Molotov (talk) 19:18, 4 October 2005 (UTC)