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 My signature and your actions ~  

I thought about taking this to a dispute hearing, but I couldn't be fucked.  So, I'm just going to outline here why I think that your blocking of my account was unjustified and against policy.  

You stated when you blocked me, ""anon. only, account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (personal attack in signature - will unblock on signature change"" .  I disagree with your action on three levels.  The first is that it was a personal attack, the second on the indefinite ban, and the third on any action at all.  

 Why it wasn't a personal attack 
""The primary purpose of creating any block is to protect Wikipedia and its editors and users from harm."" (From WP:BP).  Of the list of reasons, on WP:BP the only one plausibly applicable is ""Disruption"".  Under this it has 

""A user may be blocked when his/her conduct severely disrupts the project — his/her conduct is inconsistent with a civil, collegial atmosphere and interferes with the process of editors working together harmoniously to create an encyclopedia.""

And ""Blocks for general incivility are controversial"".
In no way could any of my actions be considered ""severely"" disruptive.  Or even simply disruptive.  While it could be argued that my signature was generally uncivil (and I disagree, more later), blocking for this reason is controversial and should have been discussed first.  So, from WP:BP there is no reason (in my opinion) to block.  

Now we examine WP:NPA.  This is simply, ""Do not make personal attacks anywhere in Wikipedia"" and I agree with it.  The point here is ""personal"".  My signature was not a personal attack on anyone.  It was a generalised comment and an ""in joke"" (I can't help it if you are not in on the joke).  For the ""attack"" to be personal, you would need to find someone who was ""attacked"", you would not be able to do this.  

So, my signature did not constitute an attack on anyone, it did not disrupt discussion or affect the quality of my edits, thus it should not be a factor in anything.  

As to general incivility, I simply disagree.  From WP:CIVIL, ""Whereas incivility is roughly defined as personally targeted behavior that causes an atmosphere of greater conflict and stress"".  My signature was not ""personally targeted behavior"" (as explained above), and I also fail to see how it could cause an atmosphere of ""conflict"" or ""stress"".  There is nothing in this policy which is applicable in this case.

 Why I should not have been blocked 
In blocking me indefinitely, you violated WP:BP which states, 

""Established users with significant constructive edits should not be indefinitely blocked except when there is a community ban. In all other cases, they should be handled with appropriate time-limited blocks or arbitration. Indefinite blocks should not usually be placed on IP users (whether individual IPs or IP ranges) in order to avoid inadvertently blocking legitimate users.""

In blocking me at all, I also feel that you violated WP:BP.  You did not have a clear reason to block me, and you did so indefinitely.  In these cases, you should have posted at WP:ANI asking for advice and/or detailing why you felt that the block was needed.

 What could have happened 
So, what could you have done?  Well, the simplest thing would have to post on my talk page a comment asking me to change my signature and pointing to the policy which it violated (see the previous case for an example).  If you had have done this (and I had agreed with your argument) then I would have simply changed my signature.  If I had failed to change my signature, then you could have discussed it with me more, and/or taken it to a hearing.   

 Conclusion 
As I said at the beginning, I didn't want to take this to a hearing.  However, I feel that I would be perfectly within my rights to do so, and I reserve the right to do so.  This, by the way, is simply a statement.  

What would I like you to do?  Well, an apology would be nice, perhaps something worded along the lines of ""I'm sorry for not talking to you first, not checking policy and for violating policy by indefinitely blocking you"".  

If you are unable to give an apology (for whatever reason, say you believe that you were in the right and still are), then I would appreciate a comment regardless.  

A comment on my userpage would be noticed faster, but here would be fine as well.  

 Postscripts 
PS 
This is the first time I've encountered you, but I notice that you objected to my comments at the Talk:Tasmania[http://en.w