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This is disgraceful. This Arbcom decision means that Wikipedians are expected to be perfect - to never make mistakes. I have made mistakes in the past, as have most other editors. It is unconscionable that occasional, isolated lapses in editing judgment have been twisted into a justification for punishments that have no relation to the alleged offenses, and which even the other party to arbitration has called "completely over the top" and "utterly bonkers" .
This decision means that none of my actual contributions to the encyclopedia matter - only my mistakes do. It means that no one can petition ArbCom without fear of retaliation, since no one is perfect.
I will not be contributing to Misplaced Pages again in the forseeable future.
- Crotalus horridus, 3/30/06.