UTRS Abuse

Though there were many admins directly involved
and more watching closely,
not one during any of this saga ever acknowledged any of the truely valid arguments made by RandyKnotts of plainly improper actions against him.
What was this vicious place that over 20 years earlier had started with such humbleness and even nobility in cause,
and why had gaslighting and passive aggressive
bad-faith actions become standard and routine?
Maybe, there would soon be some type of saving grace, a highly respected admin who'd show up and be a real hero for good,
a voice of cool reason among abused power.
Still undaunted, RandyKnotts pressed on bravely
against the organized gang of blatantly unfair admins.
Without hesitation, editor RandyKnotts expertly responded on merit to the nonsense of Deepfriedokra with a stinging objection.
You might be thinking this Wikipedian circus of cruelty
couldn't possibly get any more shocking.
Then, it most definitely and absolutely did. With level zero awareness of irony, admin Deepfriedokra lost his self-control once again
and made another aggressive post on RandyKnott's talk page, this time specifically instructing the blocked editor to immediately file a new appeal
and he had crafted a legal statement for RandyKnotts to include in it.
The rules had changed once again and suddenly legal statements were
not only okay but necessary.
Deepfriedokra's prepared legal statement had to be recited back to them in another appeal, a legal statement which was crafted by the boys to indemnify Wikipedia and this crazy cast of admins.
At this point, RandyKnotts could have just submitted and followed orders, and made the legal statement
which was prepared for him by hounding admins.
He probably would have even been unblocked.
Well maybe, but his conscience wouldn't have been very clear.
If he had done that for the selfish reason of being allowed to remain as a basic editor on Wikipedia,
it would have meant that he had also looked the other way from wrongdoings and also become corrupted.
The irony was not lost on RandyKnotts. Then the editor had an epic moment reminscent of the final scene in the fabulous film Brave Heart with the great
Mel Gibson. RandyKnotts chose freedom and respect over tyranny.
He proudly responded that he shouldn't be required to submit a new appeal when the last appeal wasn't handled properly and was therefore invalid.
He told them that he didn't believe it was appropriate to be required by Deepfriedokra and the boys to
recite a crafted legal statement in exchange for an unblock.
This was all particularly in bad-faith when his block was a gross retaliation by SarekofVulcan and double disciplinary action to begin with,
and especially since the rules had been so unevenly applied against him only.

Out of nowhere and uninvited, the shamed UTRS appeal reviewer Josh Gordon arrived back into the picture rather pompously.
The notorious admin made a desperate post on RandyKnott's talk page. Suddenly, Josh Gordon was engaged after sensing
how bad all of this made him undoubtedly look.
The disgraced appeal reviewer made more bias and nonsensical statements, and attempted to give the impression that he had now finally atleast somewhat read over the facts,
and that he'd somehow come to the same (ridiculous) conclusion.
Josh Gordon acted buffoonishly as if his appeal review hadn't already been concluded in the previous days.
The incompetent appeal reviewer's haphazard attempt to save face and essentially grant himself a redo was also not lost on the blocked editor.
The circling hyaenas were twitching and stammering, hanging on in suspense for the next words to be uttered by RandyKnotts a true leader.
Their mocking laughs were now quieted, and they
were suddenly not so confident anymore.
Without flinching, RandyKnotts replied
with a devastating blow to Josh Gordon.
He pointed out that he had not filed a second appeal,
and therefore should not be receiving one.
RandyKnotts further explained in detail the unfairness
of Josh Gordon's inappropriate new post.
His response to the disgraced UTRS admin was
uncharacteristically shortened but ever so powerful.
The editor formally requested that in light of Josh Gordon's recent dishonorable appeal review, the UTRS admin recuse himself from the matter.
It would be an appropriate action for Josh Gordon to recuse himself, but could he suddenly act honorably?
This is where the saga suddenly comes to a breathtaking stop.
The futile attempt by a gang of bullying admins to
gaslight RandyKnotts had failed utterly.
The admins were like bullfrogs that had been slow cooked and brought to a boil by an expert chef in a hot encyclopedic kitchen of chaos.
They hadn't realized until it was far too late that they had made a monumental Wikipedian mistake.
Jim F. Bleak was already in the process of
deleting tens of thousands of bytes of data.
For his part, SarekofVulcan was silently watching in the wings with caution ready to throw his weight behind any admin's next power move.
Theroadislong hung on with absolute silence and crawled the talk page of RandyKnotts eagerly awaiting for what was next.
Deepfriedokra was beside himself. He had tried to pile on for the gang, but failed so badly.

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