Thread:CzechOut/@comment-11488851-20170502163428/@comment-188432-20170506210943

Hi there :) As promised, I'm back to give you the results of your block review.

I should start by saying that responses to block requests aren't typically given. When replies are issued, they are mostly just a confirmation of whether the block will continue. However, a lot of discussion usually goes on behind the scenes. And, as I indicated in my last post, we try to get the opinions of the blocking administrator. Unfortunately, Shambala108 has not edited since the time she issued your block.

Understandably, therefore, we can't speak to why she blocked you, beyond what she has already written. All we can say is that a small cadre of other admin don't see a clear case of T:ATTACKS violation. So we're going to call the remainder of your one month block "time served". You will again be able to edit Tardis from roughly the time this message is posted.

But, since you brought it up, it's important to know that we fully support how Shambala108 blocked you. That is, it's the general understanding amongst admins is that, in practice, we do indeed have the right to block without warning for violations of T:ATTACKS. The definition of the word attack includes many things for which no-warning bans are completely reasonable. There are simply times where admins need to act swiftly and decisively, since our general goal is civility.

But here's the kicker. When you participate in discussions like tardis:Talk:Friend from the Future (webcast), you have been warned. The editing pane on a talk page has a clear message at the top -- "This is a talk page. Keep your cool." -- that links you to T:DISCUSS. There, you're told that violating T:ATTACKS is a blockable offence. And this same message appears on every talk page, even user talk pages. So you've been warned that you'll be blocked, even though the governing rule for talk pages doesn't actually require you to be warned.

At any rate, thanks for hanging on to let us make a fair attempt at discussing the matter both with Shambala108 and other admins. I hope you'll rejoin is for more editing fun at Tardis. :)