Malicious block

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A malicious block is a type of inappropriate block carried out by RationalWiki Sysops.

Contents 1 Reason for block 1.1 Duration of block 2 Circumstances 3 Common lame excuses 4 Consequences 5 Perpetrators 6 See also

Reason for block

Unfortunately those who have suffered the trauma of an unfair block on Conservapedia sometimes wish to inflict the same trauma onto innocent people. Though understandable such behaviour should never be acceptable.

Duration of block

Sometimes N seconds sometimes longer

Circumstances

• When a Sysop is in debate with another user or Sysop and uses the block power in anger.
• When Sysop wishes to silence or intimidate a troublesome user with whom they have an intellectual or emotional difference of opinion.
• When a Sysop wishes to punish a user (or another Sysop) for doing something the Sysop personally doesn’t like but which is not covered by site standards.
• When a Sysop really can't be bothered to argue.

Common lame excuses

• It was only n seconds or n minutes.
• X is also a sysop, so they could have unblocked themselves.
• I think they deserved it.
• If this were Conservapedia I would have given you an infinite block, so please don't complain.
• I only blocked the user from editing anonymously. He/she could still log in and edit (and get torn apart verbally by the other users).

Consequences

It depends on who received the block, if they complain, and who stands up for them. They may precipitate Headless Chicken Mode.

Perpetrators

These sysops have all given malicious blocks. Some of the more memorable incidents are also mentioned.

• HeartOfGold to Bob M which was partly responsible for his losing his sysop status.
• SusanG to Jazzman831 during the Fuck You Too Incident.
• Hojimachong to Jazzman831 during the Fuck You Too Incident.
• PalMD--Has given numerous malicious blocks to users he unilaterally deems "trolls" or vandals. A recent example of this would be his block of Ungtss, who he accused of being a creationist troll, in spite of how civil and articulate she/he was.
• Radioactive afikomen to Rational Thinker.
• AKjeldsen to SusanG in the The "Kip the Dip" Incident.
• Human various times to TK.

See also

• Friendly block