On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Jay Litwyn <[email protected]> wrote: > > "WODUP" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected]... > > Perhaps the new abuse filter can be used to warn people apparently > > claiming > > a death against falsely making such a claim (remind them of the need for > > reliable sources) and at least log possible claims so they can be > > reviewed. > > That sounds way into and against "Assume Good Faith". I doubt that anyone > who finds an obituary (or attends a funeral and is forced to find an > obituary) will appreciate automation for cancelling their account. It just > does not seem like a process that can be automatic. In the worst case, > someone else will find the obituary and end up supporting an unblock motion, > based upon happening to see a short edit war. Screw automation.
Blocking? where did you get that from all WODUP suggested was to have something like a editnotice telling them what to do and also have a log of all the changes like that so they can be easily reviewed [and vandalism easily caught if thats the case]. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
