Statement by Senra edit
- Background
I am an uninvolved plebby with poor English writing skills who nevertheless, at times, has been able to firmly defend a content position within this encyclopaedia (sic). In general, I would classify my style as conciliatory 1 though I can be robust when necessary such as 2 and 3. I first interacted with Malleus Fatuorum (talk · contribs) in Jun 2010 4 in a discussion which followed his edit 5 to an article I was working on; I have always found him incredibly courteous both then and now 6. On request 7, Malleus has always applied his considerable knowledge of the English language to correct my poor grasp of my own native tongue to my articles the articles I help edit such as: 8 and 9.
- Comment
It does seem to me that, by almost immediately unblocking him on this as on many previous occasions, friends of Malleus are not doing him any favours. They are not upholding others to a process that they have not adhered to (even more rigidly) themselves. Even so, I suggest that the initial sanctions are being carried out by, at best, editors misunderstanding cross-cultural political correctness and, at worst, editors with stick-wielding power hungry hubris (as per Zimbardo 1972).
In this particular case, if the initial sanction on Malleus and the subsequent processes, including this one, lead to the loss of Malleus, self-sanctioned or otherwise, it will be an incredible loss to the project.
- Recommendation
Arbitrators should stamp on this cyclic nonsense once and for all by aggressively sanctioning the first block by thumperward (talk · contribs).