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=== 31 August 2008 ===  

=== 31 August 2008 ===  

This block was not directly connected with FT2, but it was an example of how a vulnerable editor with a bad block history will soon be picked off. I was [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&offset=20080830&target=Peter_Damian working] on a new article, the[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemic_theory_of_miracles epistemic theory of miracles].  You can see it is a nicely finished article now - and it covers an important area of eighteenth century thought about miracles (as well as a perennial question about how or whether pseudoscience can be distinguished from true science.

This block was not directly connected with FT2, but it was a nice example of how a vulnerable editor with a bad block history will soon be picked off by the trigger-happy. I was [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&offset=20080830&target=Peter_Damian working] on a new article, the[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemic_theory_of_miracles epistemic theory of miracles].  You can see it is a nicely finished article now - and it covers an important area of eighteenth century thought about miracles (as well as a perennial question about how or whether pseudoscience can be distinguished from true science.

I started the article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epistemic_theory_of_miracles&diff=prev&oldid=235164041 11:22, 30 August 2008], placing an 'in use' sign at the top, as I had been advised to do after an [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Villa_Arrighetti&diff=210646049&oldid=210645610 earlier] incident.  After only 15 minutes, and with the in use sign still there, a very silly administrator [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epistemic_theory_of_miracles&diff=235165541&oldid=235165522 nominated] the article for deletion.  I went mad of course as you can see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Epistemic_theory_of_miracles here] of course, and got even madder when this impertinent fellow placed these nasty messages and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Peter_Damian&diff=prev&oldid=235215659#Proposed_deletion_of_Epistemic_theory_of_miracles road signs] on my talk page] (I don't welcome this sort of thing at all, as anyone who knows me will tell), and so got [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=235455305#Epistemic_Theory_of_Miracles even madder], in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=235455305#book_burning_break Godwin sense].  This all earned me a block, which was very soon revoked, and the silly fellow apologised, and I apologised to him for my notoriously short temper.

I started the article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epistemic_theory_of_miracles&diff=prev&oldid=235164041 11:22, 30 August 2008], placing an 'in use' sign at the top, as I had been advised to do after an [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Villa_Arrighetti&diff=210646049&oldid=210645610 earlier] incident.  After only 15 minutes, and with the in use sign still there, a very silly administrator [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epistemic_theory_of_miracles&diff=235165541&oldid=235165522 nominated] the article for deletion.  I went mad of course as you can see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Epistemic_theory_of_miracles here] of course, and got even madder when this impertinent fellow placed these nasty messages and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Peter_Damian&diff=prev&oldid=235215659#Proposed_deletion_of_Epistemic_theory_of_miracles road signs] on my talk page] (I don't welcome this sort of thing at all, as anyone who knows me will tell), and so got [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=235455305#Epistemic_Theory_of_Miracles even madder], in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=235455305#book_burning_break Godwin sense].  This all earned me a block, which was very soon revoked, and the silly fellow apologised, and I apologised to him for my notoriously short temper.