an appology is in order dear colin i am not sure if you will have the chance to read this or if you'll have a moment to respond but i am a student in the university of toronto and specifically one of the psychology students mentioned in the article however before i go any further may i express my most sincere and deepest appologies to you and everyone involved i will not try to make excuses for my actions nor will i try to do so for my fellow students as i do not speek for them i realise and no doubt others will too that what we left behind was unbecoming of a sutdent at u of t and most importantly i realise that we did as future scholars was wrong i know that you and you colleagues are considering taking extreme measures to ensure the content of wikipedia stays secure as a responce to our actions though i can understand where you are coming from i do not believe that this will solve any of your problems and will only make things worse in the long run i see this situation as a systemic error on both of our sides but as a first year student i have very little educational and social clout to enforce my statement i am asking as both an avid reader of wikipedia and as a lover of knowledge please do not black out our privaleges to use and edit articles let us both use this experience as a steping stone to learn how to go about doing this in a constructive manner benefits wikipedia and my school looking to make this a better place civcodex