Wikipedia:My little brother did it
This page is intended as humor. It is not, has never been, nor will ever be, a Wikipedia policy or guideline. Rather, it illustrates standards or conduct that are generally not accepted by the Wikipedia community. |
This page in a nutshell: Blaming any actions made from your account on your little brother is totally a good idea, especially if you promise never to let your brother on your computer again because of what he did. You will be totally unblocked instantly, and you're home free, right? Right? |
If you've been
Why blaming your little brother works
Since owning up to the vandalism yourself would obviously never work, you're stuck with blaming someone else for it. You could blame your friend, and some people do, but more likely you will decide that the best person to blame would be one of your family members, since they could easily be on the same computer you're using. Chances are, they're not on Wikipedia anyway, so they'll never know. You probably won't try to lay the blame on an older sibling, cousin, or your parents, because they're supposed to be more mature and beyond "that sort of thing." That, of course, leaves you with your little brother. Younger children and boys are particularly troublesome, so logic would lead one to believe that a young 5–8-year-old boy would be especially devious and naughty, and would certainly be the sort to replace articles with "poop", "peepee", and other inappropriate words as well as nonsensical gibberish. Perfect!
But what if I don't have a little brother?
So what? You're lying anyway; just pretend you have one. The administrator looking at your unblock request
What if the admin knows about the little brother excuse?
Claim to be a teacher who was showing their class why you can't trust Wikipedia! We love it when people disrupt the site to prove a point, we won't just disregard your claim as a childish lie, and we think any action taken by a teacher is justified. In fact, if you really are a teacher, some more brilliant lesson plans similar to vandalizing Wikipedia to demonstrate its unreliability include:
- teaching racial equality by addressing minority students only with ethnic slurs,
- discouraging sexual harassment by having everyone in the class spank each other,
- teaching healthy dieting by having students take the Tide Pod challenge,
- discouraging gang violence by joining a gang,
- teaching the importance of fire safety by playing with matches at a gas station.
Clearly, vandalizing Wikipedia is a much better option than explaining that:
- Wikipedia is not a stable source,
- Wikipedia is written by volunteers(not accredited scholars),
- Wikipedia avoids original research,
- Wikipedia only summarizes academic and journalistic sources(which are good sources for research papers).
Seriously, though...
This section in a nutshell: Blaming any actions made from your account on your little brother or anyone else may seem like a good idea, but it isn't. It's a very common excuse, you're probably lying, we'd keep you blocked if you were telling the truth, and we have no way of verifying it, so we won't bother to try. You are responsible for all edits made from your account, and must admit to all wrongdoings, even if it wasn't you. |
Don't try to lay the blame on someone else. All we know is that your IP address or account made edits which it shouldn't have—
Insulting the admin's intelligence is the last thing a blocked person should want to do, and in fact it often goes to show how a person has failed to change and in many ways shows why a person shouldn't be unblocked, but rather lose further privileges if they haven't already.