Ban Xah Lee

[Dirk Bruere at NeoPax]

Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:
> Xah Lee wrote:
>> Of interest:
>>
>> • Why Can't You Be Normal?
>>   http://xahlee.org/Netiquette_dir/why_cant_you_be_normal.html
>>
>> • Ban Xah Lee
>>   http://xahlee.org/Netiquette_dir/ban_Xah_Lee.html
>>
>> I consider this post relevant because i've been perennially gossiped
>> about in comp.lang.* groups today and in the past 5 or 10 years, many
>> of the threads mentioning my name are not started by me nor did i ever
>> participate.
>>
>> Plain text version one of the above article follows.
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Ban Xah Lee
>>
>> Xah Lee, 2009-03-07
>>
>> This page is a short collection of online communities that banned me,
>> in a way that i don't consider just. It illustrates the political
>> nature among the tech geeking males.
>>
>> HARASSMENT BY JOHN BOKMA
>>
>> I was harassed by a newsgroup poster John Bokma (a regular of
>> comp.lang.perl.misc) to have my web hosting service provider kick me
>> off. This happened in 2006.
>>
>> Summary: I was posting relevant but controversial opinions in a rude
>> manner to “comp.lang.*” newsgroups. I was using Google's newsgroup
>> service to post it, and has nothing to do with my web hosting service
>> provider, other than my signature containing my website or links to
>> relevant articles on my website. However, this guy digs up my web
>> hosting provider, and lobbied people to send complains to kick me off.
>>
>> Detailed account: DreamHost.com and A Incidence of Harassment
>>
>> WIKIPEDIA
>>
>> My Wikipedia account P0lyglut is banned by Wikipedia admins in
>> ~2008-06 for a month or so.
>>
>> Summary: i was editing articles on Tibet, Human sacrifice, Dalai Lama,
>> citing info from Chinese historian Li Ao, and was fighting with those
>> who revert me in a non-conformal way. They banned me for editing, and
>> subsequently banned me from editing my talk page, and removed the
>> defense i gave on my talk page.
>>
>> The original reason for reverting my editing was that i linked to my
>> own website (which contains the collected videos of Li Ao's program on
>> youtube, with English translation and summary). Subsequently, because
>> i did not behave in a way that seems “polite” to them, and kept on
>> fighting, the reason they cited to ban me was spreading propaganda.
>>
>> For some account of this incident, see bottom of: Why Can't You Be
>> Normal?. The fighting and discussion can be seen on my talk page, at:
>> User talk:P0lyglut. The writing where i defended my edit, that got
>> removed from my talk page, is here: Wikipedia User talk:P0lyglut ...
>> 2008-07. Local copy of these at: Wikipedia_ban_2008-06.zip.
>>
>> FREENODE IRC EMACS CHANNEL
>>
>> I'm banned on Freenode's irc emacs channel since about 2006-10, and
>> the ban was never lifted as of 2009-03. The ban is primarily, and
>> single-handedly executed by John Sullivan (aka johnsu01).
>>
>> Some detail: Emacs Irc Channel Ban On Xah Lee.
>>
>> HACKER NEWS
>>
>> “Hacker News” website, at http://news.ycombinator.com/, banned me
>> around 2009-02 or earlier.
>>
>> Someone posted a question about why some sites seem to be banned,
>> titled “Ask PG- What is the list of banned sites and why are they
>> banned”. He asked for reasons or a public list. The url is at Source.
>> (local archive: Hacker_News_xahlee.org_ban.zip) Then, someone posted
>> the list of domains/sub-domains that are banned, which contains my
>> site “xahlee.org”.
>>
>> No explicit reason is given. It appears to me, it was banned because
>> one of my essay: Why Software Suck, has been submitted to the site in
>> 2009-02, then in the discussion, someone mentioned i am a troll, then
>> admin placed my site on ban.
>>
>> There are other bans that i consider unjust. This page is a start to
>> list them. I'll try to add more when i have time.
>>
>>   Xah
>> ∑ http://xahlee.org/
> 
> Well, don't worry - nobody is going to ban you from Usenet (except 
> possibly the Chinese govt).
> OTOH, nobody here much cares.
> So, rant on - it's what Usenet is for. ☄ <--- what is that char?????


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