User talk:68.239.79.82/DavidGerard

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This material was copied from User talk:David Gerard#72.75.73.158's block and edited for anonymity. —68.239.79.82 (talk · contribs) 11:01, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 72.75.73.158's block

There's some part of the justification for 72.75.73.158's block that I don't understand. Did you do a CheckUser to see if 72.75.73.158 (talk · contribs) was a sockpuppet of an existing user? I've checked out that user's talk page, and I feel Geo Swan (talk · contribs) misled people in his AN/I complaint against 72.75.73.158. Geo Swan first went to target the user's anonymity on Wikipedia, and claimed that he was using it as a protective shield against repercussions for his action. 72.75.73.158 made two mistaken reports on articles that Geo Swan created, but he's made hundreds of accurate ones. Surely, making an occasional mistake on CSD tagging, and then justifying the reason for deletion in a civil manner can't be a blockable offense?

After 72.75.73.158 justified tagging the article for deletion, Geo Swan immediately went on a tangent and started to target the user's anonymity here on Wikipedia. 72.75.73.158 said he/she didn't want to discuss the matter, but Geo Swan kept pestering 72.75.73.158 on the issue. It seems that Geo Swan drew his own conclusions about 72.75.73.158, and misled people at AN/I by posing his interpretation of the IP's belief about anonymity. I feel that this was in retaliation for the deletion of the articles, and it doesn't seem fair that 72.75.73.158 was not allowed to participate in the discussion on his talk page, or at AN/I. If there is some sockpuppetry issue that I'm not aware of, then please let me know, because as of now, I'm still thinking this was not a totally reasonable block. Thanks, Nishkid64 (talk) 22:56, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

The user has revealed themselves and officially doesn't care publicly: Anonymous WikiGnome or Sockpuppet? Read that section carefully. I'm really not sure what to do in this case - David Gerard (talk · contribs) 23:02, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

And I agree Geo was taunting. If you can offer The Bipolar Anon-IP continuing friendly guidance, that'd be the best thing for all. I've unblocked the IP - David Gerard 23:09, 6 May 2007 (UTC)