Thread:TK-999/@comment-6342425-20140211151514/@comment-1038387-20140211160451

Nikolai, as an outsider who got sucked into this fight in the beginning and is trying to stay out (unsuccessfully) ever since, I can tell you there's no helping out here.

Short version: Arc's behavior was getting on everyone's nerves at FOE. Uncivil behavior, mostly. He wasn't blocked as the admin hoped he would improve. He didn't. Several members of the community then hosted a petition (ultimatum) calling for his block, or they would leave the wiki. It passed with practically no dissent. He was blocked for a year or so. During the voting, Arc became even more uncivil, and after the block, he took it here.

Arcy plastered the boards, hijacked other threads, and decried that a huge injustice had been done to him. That's where I became involved, trying to calm things down, which isn't really my strongest suit but someone had to do it. It didn't work.

There's nothing wrong with the block. It's not a case of bullying, as he claims. It's just that unacceptable behavior was no longer accepted. End of story. Several experienced local admins gave their two cents on it, and it was all the same: he has to accept that he's blocked because of his own behavior and has to cool down for a bit. He chose to ignore that advice, and has gone completely off the rails. He has threatened with violence and has divulged real world information on the others despite being asked not to. He apparently also thinks the wiki is doomed without him.

The Futures of Europe community pretty much hates him, for his actions before the block and doubly so for those after. If he's unblocked, that's not going magically change everything that's happened. It'll just make it worse.

I've given this way more time than I should've. It's clear Arceus needs help, but none of the type we can provide him.