Moved from DHSOTM Lies ...

Here is some proof about my passion for helping other dreamhosters.. this is some not-100% working code but you can see how much effort I've put into it. Its just what I do, its not about promotion! If dreamhost terminated my account it would be a shame, this is real value that I provide freely to them and all of us. Its a script that will only work on dreamhost.

I mean I am literally just a few days of development away from being finished with the first stable version, and I've been planning for months to post it on the wiki once its done.

If you know shell script you know this is some hot stuff. And please try to convince me that this is something a promotional link spammer would spend his time working on.

#!/bin/bash
# Version 3.0, 2008-05-08
umask 022

### SHELL OPTIONS
set  o noclobber # allowed to clobber files
set  o noglob # globbing on
set  o xtrace # change to - to enable tracing
set  o verbose # change to - to enable verbose debugging
set -e # abort on first error

shopt -s extglob
#shopt -s dotglob
#shopt -s checkwinsize

#set -o ignoreeof
#set -o
#set  o





###########################################################################--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--#
###
### SETTINGS
###
###########################################################################==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==#

IDIR=${HOME}/doit
GARBAGE=${IDIR}/trash
PDIR=${HOME}/php526
SDIR=${IDIR}/source
DDIR=${IDIR}/dist
LDIR=${IDIR}/logs

PACKAGES[0]=http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/gnu/libiconv/libiconv-1.12.tar.gz
CONFIGS[0]="--enable-extra-encodings"

PACKAGES[1]=ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-2.6.32.tar.gz
CONFIGS[1]="--with-iconv=${PDIR}"

PACKAGES[2]=ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxslt-1.1.23.tar.gz
CONFIGS[2]="--with-libxml-prefix=${PDIR} --with-libxml-include-prefix=${PDIR}/include/ --with-libxml-libs-prefix=${PDIR}/lib/"

PACKAGES[3]=http://www.zlib.net/zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz
CONFIGS[3]="--shared"

PACKAGES[4]=http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mcrypt/libmcrypt-2.5.8.tar.gz
CONFIGS[4]="--disable-posix-threads"

PACKAGES[5]=http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mhash/mhash-0.9.9.tar.gz
CONFIGS[5]=

PACKAGES[6]=http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/freetype/freetype-2.3.5.tar.gz
CONFIGS[6]=

PACKAGES[7]=ftp://alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libidn/libidn-1.8.tar.gz
CONFIGS[7]="--with-iconv-prefix=${PDIR}"

PACKAGES[8]=http://daniel.haxx.se/projects/c-ares/c-ares-1.5.1.tar.gz
CONFIGS[8]=

PACKAGES[9]=http://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.18.1.tar.gz
CONFIGS[9]="--with-ssl=${PDIR} --with-zlib=${PDIR} --with-libidn=${PDIR} --disable-ldap \
--disable-ldaps --disable-ipv6 --disable-dict  --disable-telnet --disable-tftp --enable-ares=${PDIR} --enable-cookies --enable-crypto-auth"

PACKAGES[10]=ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/imap/imap.tar.Z
CONFIGS[10]=

PACKAGES[11]=http://www.bzip.org/1.0.5/bzip2-1.0.5.tar.gz
CONFIGS[11]=

PACKAGES[12]=http://us3.php.net/distributions/php-5.2.6.tar.gz
CONFIGS[12]="--quiet --with-config-file-path=${PHPINI} \
--with-libxml-dir=${PDIR} \
--with-freetype-dir=${PDIR} \
--with-mhash=${PDIR} \
--with-mcrypt=${PDIR} \
--with-zlib-dir=${PDIR} \
--with-iconv=${PDIR} \
--with-curl=${PDIR} \
--with-imap=${PDIR} \
--with-bz2=${PDIR} \
--with-imap-ssl=/usr \
--with-ttf=/usr \
--with-openssl=/usr \
--with-jpeg-dir=/usr \
--with-png-dir=/usr \
--with-mysql=/usr \
--with-pdo-mysql \
--with-gd \
--with-gettext \
--with-mysqli \
--disable-ipv6 \
--disable-short-tags \
--disable-fastcgi \
--disable-debug \
--enable-force-cgi-redirect \
--enable-gd-native-ttf \
--enable-exif \
--enable-sockets \
--enable-wddx \
--enable-mbstring \
--enable-mbregex \
--enable-soap"

DOMAIN=
DOMAINROOT=
CGIBIN=
PHPINI=

SETTINGS=${LDIR}/doitrunsettings.txt
PID_FILE=${LDIR}/doit.pid
OCRONTAB=${LDIR}/orig-crontab.txt
NCRONTAB=${LDIR}/new-crontab.txt
MULTI=${LDIR}/multi.sh
SAFECRON=$$


E_SUCCESS=0;E_YN=0;E_YES=251;E_NO=250;E_RETURN=65
C0=;C1=;C2=;C3=;C4=;C5=;C6=;C7=;C8=;C9=




###########################################################################--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--#
###
### FUNCTIONS
###
###########################################################################==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==#


#--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--#
# dreamhost_title
#==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==#
function dreamhost_title(){
    # SET WINDOW TITLE AND COLORS IF CLIENT CAPABLE
    case ${TERM:-dummy} in
     xterm*|vt*|ansi|rxvt|gnome*)
	 C0="\033[0m";C1="\033[1;30m";C2="\033[1;32m";C3="\033[0;32m";C4="\033[1;37m"
	 C5="\033[0;36m";C6="\033[1;35m";C7="\033[0;37m";C8="\033[30;42m";C9="\033[1;36m"
     echo -e "\033]0; DREAMHOST PHP5 PACKAGESTALLATION SCRIPT \007 "; ;;
    esac
	
    echo -e "${C1} __________________________________________________________________________ "
    echo -e "| ${C2}                ___                     __ __         __                ${C1} |"
    echo -e "| ${C2}               / _ \_______ ___ ___ _  / // /__  ___ / /_               ${C1} |"
    echo -en "| ${C2}              "
	echo -n '/ // / __/ -_) _ `/  ` \/ _  / _ \(_-</ __/              '
	echo -e " ${C1} |"
    echo -e "| ${C3}             /____/_/  \__/\_,_/_/_/_/_//_/\___/___/\__/                ${C1} |"
    echo -e "|                                                                          |"
    echo -e "|                 ${C4} PHP5 INSTALLATION SCRIPT Version 2.0 ${C1}                   |"
    echo -e "${C1} __________________________________________________________________________ ${C0} \n\n"
}



#--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--#
# info
#==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==#
function info(){
    echo -e "${C4} DOMAIN${C0} - Domain Name for install\n"
    echo -e "${C4} DOMAINROOT${C0} - Domains document_root\n"
    echo -e "${C4} CGIBIN${C0} - The domains cgi-bin folder for php5.cgi\n"
    echo -e "${C4} PHPINI${C0} - Where to place your domains php.ini\n"
    echo -e "${C4} INSTALLDIR${C0} - Install PHP here\n [ $IDIR ]\n"
    echo -e "${C4} SRCDIR${C0} - Extract and build dir. Cant already exist\n [ $SDIR ]\n"
    echo -e "${C4} DISTDIR${C0} - Download source files here. Cant exist\n [ $DDIR ]\n"
    echo -e "\n __________________________________________________________________________ \n"
}



#--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--#
# pm
#==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==#
function pm(){
    case "${2:-title}" in
    "title") echo -en "\n\n${C2}>>> ${C4}${1} ${C0} \n\n"; ;;
    "info") echo -e "${C6}=> ${C4}${1} ${C0}"; ;;
    "item") echo -e "${C4}-- ${C0}${1} "; ;;
    esac
}



#--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--#
# ok_continue
#==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==#
function ok_continue(){
    echo -en "${C4} \n [ Press any key to continue ] ${C0} \n"
	read -t 1000 -n 1 ans
}



#--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--#
# p_done
#==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==#
function p_done(){
	sleep 1
    echo -e "\n${C8} DONE ${C0} \n"
	sleep 1
}



#--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--#
# yes_no
#==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==#
function yes_no(){
    local ans
    echo -en "${1} [y/n] " ; read -t 10000 -n 1 ans
    case "$ans" in
     n|N) E_YN=$NO ;;
     y|Y) E_YN=$E_YES ;;
    esac
}



#--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--#
# do_sleep
#==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==#
function do_sleep () {
    echo -en "${C5}${4:-.}"
    while [ -f "$1" ]
    do
     sleep ${3:-3}
	 echo -en "${4:-.}"
    done
	echo -e "${C0}"
    return 0
}



#--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--#
# get_settings
#==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==#
function get_settings(){
    local p2 cha a2 F HOSTED_SITES
    
    if [ -f "$SETTINGS" ]; then
	 OIFS=$IFS; IFS=%
     while read DOMAIN DOMAINROOT CGIBIN PHPINI
	 do
      DOMAIN=${DOMAIN}
	  DOMAINROOT=${DOMAINROOT}
	  CGIBIN=${CGIBIN}
	  PHPINI=${PHPINI}
     done <${SETTINGS}
     IFS=$OIFS
    else
     HOSTED_SITES=$(cd ~/logs/;echo *.*;cd $OLDPWD)
     PS3="`echo -e '\n\n'`"; echo -e ""
     select v in ${HOSTED_SITES[@]}
     do
      DOMAIN="$v"
      F=$(sed = $(echo ~/logs/${v}/http/e*[0-9g]) |sed -n "/${USER}\//p"|sed -e'1q;d' | sed -e 's/[^\/]*//');F=${F%,*}
	  DOMAINROOT=${F%\/*}
	  
	  until [ -d "$DOMAINROOT" ]; do
	   DOMAINROOT=${DOMAINROOT%\/*}
	  done

	  CGIBIN=${DOMAINROOT}/cgi-bin
	  PHPINI=${CGIBIN}
	  
	  break
     done

    while [ "$E_YN" != "$E_YES" ]; do
     for a in "DOMAINROOT" "CGIBIN" "PHPINI"
	 do
      echo -en "\n (Enter for Default: ${!a} )\n ${a}:> "; read -e cha; echo
      [ ${#cha} -gt 2 ] && eval "$a"=$cha;
     done
     yes_no "ARE THESE SETTINGS CORRECT"
    done
    fi
	
    echo "${DOMAIN}%${DOMAINROOT}%${CGIBIN}%${PHPINI}" > $SETTINGS
}



#--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--#
# aa_speed_zombie
#==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==#
function aa_speed_zombie(){
    [ ! -d "$LDIR" ] && mkdir -p $LDIR &>/dev/null
	
    exec 6>&1 ; exec > $MULTI
    echo "#!/bin/sh"
	echo "umask 022"
	echo "declare -a URLS=( ${PACKAGES[@]} )"
	echo -e "IDIR=${IDIR}\nGARBAGE=${GARBAGE}\nPDIR=${PDIR}\nSDIR=${SDIR}\nDDIR=${DDIR}\nLDIR=${LDIR}"
	echo -e "PID_FILE=${PID_FILE}\nOCRONTAB=${OCRONTAB}\nMULTI=${MULTI}"
	
    echo "renice 14 -p \$\$ &>/dev/null"
	echo "crontab \$OCRONTAB &>/dev/null || echo -n"
	echo "[ -f \$PID_FILE ] || echo 'curl' > \$PID_FILE"
	echo "cd \$IDIR; read CRONSTEP <\$PID_FILE"
	
	echo "case \"\$CRONSTEP\" in"
	echo "\"curl\") cd \$DDIR;echo \${URLS[*]}|tr ' ' '\n'|xargs -P3 -iURL curl -s -S -L -A 'Mozilla/5.0' -m 400 -O URL"
					echo "rm \$LDIR/curl.l && touch \$LDIR/curl_d.l"
					echo "echo \"gzip\">\$PID_FILE&&cd \$LDIR"
					echo "exec \$0; ;;"
	echo "\"gzip\") cd \$DDIR;echo *.*|tr ' ' '\n'|xargs -P3 -iTGZ gzip -qdf TGZ;cd \$IDIR;
				rm \$LDIR/gzip.l&&touch \$LDIR/gzip_d.l&&echo \"tar\">\$PID_FILE&&cd \$LDIR&&exec \$0; ;;"
	echo "\"tar\") cd \$SDIR;echo \$DDIR/*.tar|tr ' ' '\n'|xargs -P3 -iTAR tar -xf TAR;
			cd \$IDIR;rm \$LDIR/tar.l&&touch \$LDIR/tar_d.l&&echo \"install\">\$PID_FILE&&cd \$LDIR&&exec \$0; ;;"
	echo "\"install\")"
	
	for theopts in $(seq 0 $((${#PACKAGES[@]} - 1)))
    do
     FN=$(basename ${PACKAGES[$theopts]}); MN=${FN/.tar.Z\|.tar.gz}; VN=${MN#*-}; SN=${MN%-*}; mklogg=${LDIR}/${SN}.MK.l
     echo "cd ${SDIR}/${SN}*";
	 case "${SN}" in
         bzip*) echo "make install PREFIX=${PDIR} &>/dev/null && rm ${mklogg} && touch ${LDIR}/${SN}_d.MK.l"; ;;
				  
     libmcrypt*) echo "./configure --quiet --prefix=${PDIR} ${CONFIGS[$theopts]} &>/dev/null; make &>/dev/null; 
	 			make install &>/dev/null; cd libltdl*"
				  echo "./configure --prefix=${PDIR} --enable-ltdl-install; make &>/dev/null; 
				  make install &>/dev/null && rm ${mklogg} && touch ${LDIR}/${SN}_d.MK.l"; ;;
				  
          imap*) echo "make ldb IP6=4 &>/dev/null && cp ${SDIR}/${SN}*/c-client/c-client.a ${PDIR}/lib/libc-client.a && \
		  	cp ${SDIR}/${SN}*/c-client/*.h ${PDIR}/include && rm ${mklogg} && touch ${LDIR}/${SN}_d.MK.l"; ;;
				  
		  	  *)  echo "./configure --quiet --prefix=${PDIR} ${CONFIGS[$theopts]}; make &>/dev/null; 
			  	make install &>/dev/null && rm ${mklogg} && touch ${LDIR}/${SN}_d.MK.l"; ;;
     esac
    done
		
	echo "esac"
	echo "exit 0"
    exec 1>&6 6>&-
    chmod 744 $MULTI
}



#--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--#
# aa_install
#==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==#
function aa_install () {
    local FN MN SN VN mklogg
    	
    # Push the install dir's bin directory into the path
    export PATH=${PDIR}/bin:$PATH

    for theopts in $(seq 0 $((${#PACKAGES[@]} - 1)))
    do
     FN=$(basename ${PACKAGES[$theopts]}); MN=${FN/.tar.Z\|.tar.gz}; VN=${MN#*-}; SN=${MN%-*}
     mklogg=${LDIR}/${SN}.MK.l
	 touch $mklogg
	 
	 pm "Building ${SN} Version ${VN}" title
     if [ -f "${LDIR}/${SN}_d.MK.l" ]; then
	  p_done
	 else
	  pm "Configuring" info
	  pm "--prefix=${PDIR} ${CONFIGS[$theopts]}" item
      pm "Making" info
      pm "Installing" info
	  do_sleep ${mklogg} 1 20 ":" 1 && touch ${LDIR}/${SN}_d.MK.l
	 fi
    done
}



#--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--#
# exit_cleanup
#==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==#
function exit_cleanup(){
    # RESET WINDOW TITLE
    case $TERM in
    xterm*|vt*|ansi|rxvt|gnome*) echo -e "\033]0;$USER@`hostname`: $HOME\007" ;;
    esac

    echo -e "${C0}"
    #reset &>/dev/null
    
	[ -f "$OCRONTAB" ] && crontab $OCRONTAB &>/dev/null || echo -n
	
    pkill -1 -f xargs\|curl\|gzip\|tar\|multi\|mass\|configure\|make\|gcc &>/dev/null || echo -n
    pkill -9 -f xargs\|curl\|gzip\|tar\|multi\|mass\|configure\|make\|gcc &>/dev/null || echo -n

    for avar in "$PDIR" "$NCRONTAB"; do
     [ -d $avar ] && mv $avar $GARBAGE/ &>/dev/null
     [ -f $avar ] && mv $avar $GARBAGE/ &>/dev/null
    done
    
    # KILL PROCESSES
    #ps aux
    #declare
    #set
    #pgrep -u $USER
    # |awk '{print $1}'|xargs -iJ kill -9 J
    
    # JOB TO DELETE UNNEEDED FILES
    #atq |awk '{print $1}'|xargs -iJ atrm J &>/dev/null
    #echo "nohup rm -rf ${GARBAGE}/ 1>&2 &>/dev/null 1>&2 &>/dev/null&" | at now   3 hours 1>&2 &>/dev/null
    exit 65
}



#--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--#
# aa_cleanup
#==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==#
function aa_cleanup(){

	[ -f "$PID_FILE" ] && pm "Restarting after getting killed!" item
    #[ -f "$PID_FILE" ] || echo 'curl' > $PID_FILE

	pkill -9 tar\|multi\|xargs &>/dev/null || echo -n
    mkdir -p $GARBAGE $LDIR &>/dev/null
    touch ${LDIR}/cleanup.l
    for avar in "$PDIR" "$NCRONTAB"; do
     [ -d $avar ] && pm "$avar sent to trash" item && mv $avar $GARBAGE/ &>/dev/null
     [ -f $avar ] && pm "$avar sent to trash" item && mv $avar $GARBAGE/ &>/dev/null
    done
	pm "Emptying Garbage" item
    nohup rm -rf $GARBAGE 1>&2 &>/dev/null && rm ${LDIR}/cleanup.l 1>&2 &>/dev/null 1>&2 &>/dev/null&
    do_sleep ${LDIR}/cleanup.l 1 1 ":"
}



#--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--#
# backup_cron
#==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==#
function backup_cron(){
    pm "SAVING ORIGINAL CRONTAB" item
    echo 'MAILTO=""'> $OCRONTAB; crontab -l &>/dev/null && crontab -l >> $OCRONTAB &>/dev/null

    pm "DELETING CURRENT CRONTAB" item
    crontab -r >/dev/null 2>&1 || echo -n

    pm "CREATING NEW CRONTAB" item
    echo -e "MAILTO=\"\"\n*/1 * * * * ${MULTI} ${SAFECRON} &>/dev/null" > $NCRONTAB;
    crontab $NCRONTAB &>/dev/null || echo -n
}



#--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--#
# aa_unpack
#==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==#
function aa_unpack () {
	#local f
    pm "Stage 1 - gunzip\n" info
    echo "gzip" > $PID_FILE
    #echo ${@##*/}|tr ' ' '\n'|xargs -iAURL echo -e "${C4}-- ${C7}AURL ${C0} "
    echo $$ > ${LDIR}/gzip.l
	[ -f "${LDIR}/gzip_d.l" ] || do_sleep ${LDIR}/gzip.l 1 3 ":"

    pm "Stage 2 - tar\n" info
    echo "tar" > $PID_FILE
	#f=${@##*/};echo ${f//r.gz\|r.Z/r}|tr ' ' '\n'|xargs -iAURL echo -e "${C4}-- ${C7}AURL ${C0} "
    echo $$ > ${LDIR}/tar.l
	[ -f "${LDIR}/tar_d.l" ] || do_sleep ${LDIR}/tar.l 1 8 ":"

}



#--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--#
# aa_download
#==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==#
function aa_download () {
    echo "$@"|tr ' ' '\n'|xargs -iAURL echo -e "${C6}-> ${C7}AURL ${C0} "
	echo $$ > ${LDIR}/curl.l
	[ -f "${LDIR}/curl_d.l" ] || do_sleep ${LDIR}/curl.l 1 2 ":"
}





############################################################################################################
###
### MAIN CODE
###
############################################################################################################

#=# CATCH SCRIPT KILLED BY USER
trap exit_cleanup SIGHUP SIGINT SIGTERM


#=# MAKE MAIN SCRIPT NICE AS POSSIBLE  
renice 19 -p $$ &>/dev/null


#=# KILL ANY OF THESE IMMEDIATELY
pkill -9 multi\|gcc\|make\|configure\|sleep\|config\|sed\|prefix &>/dev/null || echo -n
[ -f "$OCRONTAB" ] && pm "RESTORING ORIGINAL CRONTAB" item && crontab $OCRONTAB &>/dev/null || echo -n



dreamhost_title



pm "Initiating Speedy Background Processing"
aa_speed_zombie
backup_cron
p_done


pm "Configure Installation Settings"
get_settings
p_done



pm "Cleaning Up Previous Installations"
aa_cleanup
p_done



pm "Creating Installation Files"
for dirvar in "$IDIR" "$PDIR" "$SDIR" "$DDIR" "$LDIR" "$GARBAGE"; do
 [ ! -d $dirvar ] && pm "Created $dirvar" item && mkdir -p $dirvar &>/dev/null
done
p_done




pm "Downloading required packages" title;
aa_download ${PACKAGES[*]}
p_done


pm "Unpacking downloaded files" title;
aa_unpack ${PACKAGES[*]}
p_done



pm "Initiating Compile Process" title;
aa_install ${PACKAGES[*]}
p_done






mv $PID_FILE $GARBAGE/ &>/dev/null
exit $?

I mean, thats something DH staff might even use or build into an automatic installerEdited by askapache on 05/11/08 05:22 PM (server time).

Let me put it in simpler terms for you. When you got caught trying to game the system, and then using the DreamHost Wiki for self-promotion, you got a temporary ban. I lifted that ban when you convinced me that you were going to do the right thing from then on.

But then you starting slotting in a little bit more of your self-promotion into the wiki again - some of it "stealthy", and some of it less so. I was the one on your side. I was the one who gave you the benefit of the doubt. Have you heard the one about "fool me once?" You needed to be whiter than white, and you weren't. So you blew it. Game over. Case closed.

-- si-blog --

In reply to:

---

I was the one on your side. I was the one who gave you the benefit of the doubt. Have you heard the one about "fool me once?" You needed to be whiter than white, and you weren't. So you blew it. Game over. Case closed.

---

Actually, his protestations notwithstanding, I *also* gave him the benefit of the doubt. I was the one who *restored* one of his deleted links (though I did alter it to be less "spammy"). I also thanked him publicly on his talk page for an particular contribution and complimented him on how he had improved an article.

This is *not* a matter of me, or anyone else that I can see, "harrassing" him, and it's unfortunate that he views my attention to his practices on the wiki as "special attention". Irrespective of his contention that he is somehow being singled out, I look at *every* submission to the wiki, and I view each of them as objectively as I can.

I do not have any personal animosity toward him and I do not "dislike" him. I have never "met" him; I do not know him at all. My opinions are formed, and the actions I take are executed, based solely on my objections to his actions.

All my actions on the wiki are taken in what I perceive to be the best interests of the wiki and are consistent with what I understand DreamHost's goals for the wiki to be.

--rlparker

If you really feel that strongly that I violated rules that warrant a permanent ban of my wiki account, then please provide factual, actual, real examples so that I may refute them when talking to DH tomorrow afternoon.

I've explained each ingenious so-called explanation of how my contributions are actually spam, I think you named 3, and not only are they not what you are framing them to be, they don't even come close to violating any rules.

Let me list them out so you don't have to re-read my posts which were meant to be more personable and amiable so I may not have been clear.

1. The 1 image that includes my username in the filename is because that is the name of the file on my computer that I uploaded.

2. The 1 image that includes a figlet ascii representation of my username was accidentally left in, and its just a username.

3. The link to the wordpress.org codex 404 page is a great link to some really helpful content edited by thousands of wordpress developers.

It sounds a lot different without all the hyped paranoia and imagined "stealthy" self-promotion doesn't it. Petty is to extreme a word for it.


And in regards to me not contributing to the wiki.

1. http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Block_IP_Abuse
2. http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Crontab
3. http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Advanced_PHP_configuration
4. http://wiki.dreamhost.com/PHP.ini
5. http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Creating_custom_error_pages
6. http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Finding_Causes_of_Heavy_Usage
7. http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Mod_security
8. http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Environment_Setup
9. http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Bash
10. http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Htaccess_tricks
11. http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Installing_PHP5
12. http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Password-protecting_directories
13. http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Htaccess

And tons of minor edits like adding pages to categories, improving stubs, converting form KB to new pages, etc.

I realize admins need to stick together, as I admin several forums and wikis myself, but I think a simple solution would be to unbann my account, whether it was an overreaction after a recent heated exchange on the forum, or whether you actually believed I was trying to self-promote in this way, now that I know that my username is not allowed for filenames, visual representations I think we can get back to the business of happily adding to the wiki. This isn't something I don't care about like rewards, this is very serious to me, which I state on my wiki user page, very.

I think the wiki guidelines state the problem at hand the best:

In reply to:

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Assume good faith
Assume that most people who work on this wiki are trying to help it, not hurt it

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