Thread:Lothian 1/@comment-1437221-20131107180157

While I accept the fact that perhaps I was not supposed to vote, I cannot help but take issue with your conduct as an administrator. A block is supposed to be used to deal with severe or repeated infractions of the rules, and not for when a user makes a minor, honest mistake like I did. I was assured by other users that I was eligable to vote, and cast my vote for the candidate I saw would do the best job for MicroWiki on Wikia.

A block for that was completely unjustified. Technically speaking, with 570+ edits and a membership dating back to June 29, 2009, I am eligable to vote in the election. If you take issue with this (I say this as one MediaWiki admin to another), then the correct course of action is to contact the user and explain what they have done wrong, and ask them not to do it again. As I mentioned, blocking is not to be done lightly. It is supposed to be a last resort when all other options have either failed or are not appropriate.

I hope you will take this into consideration in your future decisions as administrator. Regards, demontux. 