i concur with the above analysis as i have already said before the crux of the above issue simply refers to the fact that nicky bird wrote that in beever's book statistics proliferate and are unverifiable and the text inserted into the wikipedia article said that this same estimate has been questioned by nicky bird as noted at one point nicky bird's article was directly quoted so that readers could understand his viewpoint in his own words ymb could possibly have been sanctioned for many things but i still can't understand how an indefinite ban for misrepresentation was justified i wonder if ymb 's ban can be reduced to time served