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My statement on the fair use squabble, with reference to one of my accusers, is posted elsewhere.
Mosquera 22:22, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Why thank you

Thanks for the barnstar! It is clear that you and I are on the same page re our mutual "friend". PageantUpdater 01:50, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

The irony is that we were both targeted after posting pictures of pretty girls. Maybe the problem is something more than policy. ;-)
Mosquera 02:20, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Groovy

Love your "world's most detailed explanation". Mind if I cut and paste it onto the explanation for some of my images and await the inevitable non-response? ==OneCyclone 04:35, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Feel free. I hope it helps. Mosquera 04:38, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Blocked?

I've blocked you for 12 hours for your continuing disruption about non-free images. You know that the images you uploaded don't match our current policy; most of them are blatant cases of replaceable non-free images, as multiple people have been telling you. Now you are revert-warring about them and making personal attacks against several users. Please stop it. Future(...) 04:58, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Mr. Sunrise provides no evidence for his accusations against me. In fact, I have been very careful to note that I follow policy. That another person or a group disagrees with my interpretation is not itself a policy issue. The "multiple people" who have "been telling me" all share a common agenda. Nothing stated here supports a block other than ideological animosity.

After blocking me, Mr. Sunrise rushed to delete both the images and my tags. Apparently this guy believes that filling in the explanation part of a dispute tag is "making personal attacks against several users." It makes no sense. He also deleted the disputed images before the time limit was up and erased evidence that I went to great lengths to follow policy. -Mosquera

Comment - It is highly improper for an admin to block based solely on a policy difference, as seems to have been done in this case. According to another point of view, the wikistalking and massive tagging that has taken place against User:Mosquera may be seen as equally highly disruptive (and the cause of User:Mosquera's edits in the first place), and equally worthy of blocking. Such blocks undermine the faith WP users should have in their admins as impartial, and lend credence to the growing suspicion that certain admins use their powers to intimidate those with whom they have policy differences. This cannot be tolerated. Badagnani 05:12, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

I may be barking up the wrong tree, but in my experience the user who blocked you (User:Future Perfect at Sunrise) has generally appeared to be to be in cahoots with User:Abu badali. Need I say more. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. I, of course, think it is ridiculous. PageantUpdater 08:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Since a small, loose-knit group obsesses over one issue, it creates an illusion of consensus. By contrast, most editors who upload images are easy targets, since they are neither admins nor wikilawyers. -M.

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