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Would it be possible for you to refrain from making incendiary statements on Humanpublic's talk page? I understand that you feel that an injustice was done in his case, but at this point the kindest thing you could do for him would be to help ease tensions and provide him with guidance as he tries to rebuild his standing in the community. As things stand, the combative atmosphere makes it difficult for outside editors such as myself to engage without appearing to "take a side" and merely adding to the problem. The next couple weeks are critical for this situation: if people continue to fan the conflict he will most likely run afoul of another admin and wind up permabanned. If we can defuse the immediate tensions, it may be possible for him to eventually demonstrate his good faith and we will avoid losing a contributor. If we allow things to escalate, he will most likely give up on the wiki even if he isn't banned, and no amount of righteous indignation on your part will bring him back when that happens.
TL;DR: the goal here is to get Humanpublic on his feet and contributing productively. When we post on his talk page, we should make sure that our post is contributing to that goal. Systemic problems with the wiki or particular admins ought to be pursued somewhere where people like Humanpublic aren't harmed by the fallout. Hopefully none of this sounds rude: my only wish is for civility and productivity for everyone. -- LWG 04:04, 24 March 2013 (UTC)