From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

“	Mister Hunter. I've made a decision. I'm Captain of this boat. NOW SHUT THE FUCK UP!	”
	— Captain Frank Ramsey, Crimson Tide

[edit] Not a topic for conversation ...

Some Other Editor took umbrage with my refusal to elaborate on that declaration, and they had me blocked from editing Wikipedia for a week ... thanks to the efforts of other editors on my behalf, the block was lifted within an hour, and this message was posted by one of the Administrators on the Talk page of the editor who initiated the blockage with their complaint about me "using anonymity to violate WP:Civility."

Anywho, I have posted this excerpt from their dialog to document that "The Case of The Anon-IP WikiGnome" has already been discussed at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents, and that the Senior Partners continue to support my rights (a) to not register, and (b) to anonymously engage in editing without further inquiries about my reasons ... they have already rejected the proposal Editors should be logged in users ... 'Nuff Said!

BTW, my current Wiki-IP-handle is whatever is in this signature, because it changes with every interruption of my Verizon DSL service ... I'll try to remember to update it each time it changes so that the WikiStalkers can keep track of me. :-)

Happy Editing! —72.75.70.147 (talk · contribs) 02:11, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 72.75.73.158

72.75.73.158 has now been unblocked, after I discussed the block with the blocking administrator.

72.75.73.158 is an anonymous contributor to Wikipedia, and we should respect that right. The user does not wish to discuss the anonymity, yet you kept pestering the user about it after he gave you a sufficient explanation for tagging your article for speedy deletion (albeit, it may be incorrect). In any case, it would be advised to not make potentially incorrect and sometimes slanderous generalizations or evaluations of other users, even if they are anonymous.

As for 72.75.73.158's userpage, I must say that this statement is not really a big problem. If an administrator deletes an article, and you know that 72.75.73.158 tagged the article for deletion, why would you go to the IP user? He/she is not an administrator and cannot view or undelete the article and therefore, cannot be of much help in your situation. It would be best to always contact the administrator, since it is their responsibility to evaluate each article for speedy deletion and make their own decision as to whether or not it should be deleted. As for leaving notes on talk pages, I have advised the user to do that more often, since it is both courteous and helps new users understand the circumstances for their page's deletion.

To sum up, 72.75.73.158 has not violated civility policy. He's made a few mistakes here and there, but he has also done a great deal of accurate CSD tagging. I think that his activities on Wikipedia are commendable, but in any case, I will keep on eye on the user in the future.

Thanks, Nishkid64 (talk) 23:23, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

---

Extracted from User talk:Geo Swan#72.75.73.158 —The Bipolar AnonIP Gnome 17:28, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Right to edit anonymously

The right to edit anonymously, without registering, is considered a core principle of the WIkipedia foundation and is beyond debate or reproach. See here. aliasd·U·T 08:15, 29 August 2007 (UTC)