User talk:Laseray


 * Here's the issue here. If it was just this one account, then I'd probably unblock you. You weren't warned, and that doesn't seem fair to me. However, you created another account (User:Biophotoray) in order to get around the block, and that definitely hurts your case here. Veinor (talk to me) 22:14, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Addition commentary on my block.

Firstly, in the case of my block I was not aware that creating a page about a piece of software or other that one is involved in would be considered spam. I must admit that I had not read the rules properly at that time and assumed that it was alright to do so because OmegaT has its own page that was created by those involved in that software project (clearly a case of spam that Wikipedia is permitting to exist for some unknown reason). I wholly agree that people should not promote their products, even free ones like OmegaT+/OmegaT.

In regard to being viewed as evading a block, I was rather annoyed by the admin who first just blocked me permanently without any real consultation. I am sure many others are also annoyed by actions like these. To use another account did me no good, but what choice was I really given by a heavy handed admin who does not inform me or ask any questions, giving no chance at all.

Also, note that the reason I was blocked is because OmegaT members complained about the OmegaT+ page when they themselves are spammers with their own page. Where is the justice here. I placed tags on their page to indicate it as spam. These were removed and no efforts have been made to remove their spam. A very unfair and biased situation in my view. The creators and maintainers of that page work closely with OmegaT and it is self promotion on their part.

At this point I am not interested in creating an OmegaT+ due to the rules, but Wikipedia should act in fairness and remove the OmegaT page also and block those spammers. --Laseray 11:10, 18 July 2007 (UTC)