David Gerard wrote: >> 2008/12/26 Soxred93 <soxre...@gmail.com>: >> >>> Maybe we can set it for only 1 day, but use a JS hack to say that >>> it's indefinite. That might get the word out to them. :) >> >> >> The idea of blocking a whole ISP is unlikely to fly. I suspect that >> an admin placing such a block without agreement from the arbcom and >> the Foundation (cos you *know* they'd get the crap for it) would be >> (a) quickly reversed (b) given a slap round the head with a trout at >> the very least. >> >> Attention-getting blocks have worked on bodies the size of >> universities before (I recall two of them, both put into place by a >> sitting arbitrator who then managed relations with the organisations >> very closely), but even then it was a very last desperate resort. >> Throwing our weight around like that would be a PR disaster, no >> matter how unresponsive Verizon were being.
This is one reason I suggested that it come from Foundation level, to an equivalent stratum of responsibility, to head off the PR outfall. If negotiations fail, there would be a difficult trade-off between defending our position without giving details (per [[WP:DFTT]], [[WP:BEANS]] and [[WP:DENY]]), and making our case. Some overview of the damage caused would be a must. However, as an Admin, the integrity of the encyclopedia is more or less my first duty, and I don't have a problem about blocking a whole ISP for one day if that is the only way of getting their attention. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
