First off I m sorry for the inconvenience this has caused you The block in question was slated to expire in about two or three hours from the time of this reply but I ve lifted it in any case if nothing else the symbology of doing so is important If it s any consolation I was not drunk with power but was struggling to deal with a very persistent and abusive user who was stalking valuable editors and vandalizing a wide number of articles more than could be practically protected from editing another available tool I ve been a user at Wikipedia for some time and an administrator for several months but this is the first time I ve dealt with these particular issues on such a scale or intensity Seemingly credible death and rape threats were being issued not only against a particular user but also against their family members The only apparently viable options were for the victim user to stop editing Wikipedia or for a strong action to deter the troll from further abuse Before you ask I did check and Sympatico is not apparently known for their responsiveness to abuse reports Very few ISPs are that s unfortunate for situations such as this because it might be the best way to actually deal with these sorts of problems In any case I tried a brief rangeblock at first The block was set only to block anonymous users and included simple instructions to register an account an evade the block When that didn t work I opted to try a longer one three days which is what you ran into It s difficult to know ahead of time how much collateral damage such a block will cause I truly do hate to think that even one person will have to suffer for the unfortunate actions of one abusive user and in this case the damage was more than I was willing to tolerate I ve lifted the block and will strive to avoid such actions in the future Unlike the apparently faceless admins at many sites I ve found that most enwiki admins are responsive to queries and really do care what their customers think In my case I m only human I have troubles I get busy or overwhelmed I do the best I can but it is inevitable that any person will make mistakes Chalk it down as a lesson learned The block should be removed at this time if you have any problems editing feel free to contact me or the unblock en l mailing list you ll see instructions for doing so in the event you re blocked Thanks for your time and consideration