@goo's comment on '[Wikipedia drama] Legacy foid was stripped of admin rights and banned for saying that :marseytrain: are overrepresented there'

A perfectly valid female named Isabelle Belato applied for adminship.

Athaenara, who at the time was a sysop and (most likely) a legacy foid, was opposed:

>Oppose. I think the domination of Wikipedia's woman niche, for lack of a better term, by males masquerading as females as opposed to welcoming actual, genuine, real women who were born and have always been female, is highly toxic. Go ahead, "cancel" me, I don't care. – Athaenara

This blatant act of transphobia cannot go unpunished. Therefore another perfectly valid woman, LilianaUwU, decided to report her:

>So, Athaenara decided to oppose Isabelle Belato's adminship in the worst way possible. As a trans woman myself, this blatant WP:NPA violation shouldn't fly under the radar, much less from an administrator. LilianaUwU

That immediately resulted in her getting blocked. However, it should be noted that because of autism, Wikipedia distinguishes between blocking and banning. The former is a technical measure that prevents the user from editing, while the latter is a purely procedural thing which may be enforced using the former.

Naturally, a request to ban her was also filed, this time by a yet another perfectly valid woman, Tamzin. I recommend reading the discussion because it lists the problematic behaviors exhibited by the bigoted ex-sysop in the past. It's shocking she wasn't banned earlier!

Additionally, a motion to strip her of her admin privileges was filed and granted.

Unfortunately, some chud unblocked her, but it was quickly reversed:

>Although the original block stood, both for the reason given in the block log and by consensus at the above thread, Lourdes has decided to unblock Athaenara without discussion, nor even an explanatory comment. Given how much of a controversial topic this block and the events leading to it are, this absolutely should have called for discussion with the blocking administrator (Floquenbeam) first, as clearly stated in Wikipedia:Administrators#Reversing another administrator's action. As to not wheel war, I am seeking consensus to reinstate the block. — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them)