> Put simply, because there was an ongoing issue with a compromised > account. A user was allowing other people to share his account, and had > not agreed to stop doing this. That is an ongoing problem and rightly > deserved a block. > > Of course if the user later agreed to stop doing this, the rationale > might not still apply.
There is still a problem: He still has friends; there is probably still only one computer; and his friends may be interested in writing Wikipedia accounts for hire, a legal activity, as he points out. We might have to sort some of this stuff out. I think we can. Fred > > ----- "Nathan" <[email protected]> wrote: >> From: "Nathan" <[email protected]> >> To: "English Wikipedia" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, 9 July, 2009 18:51:45 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, >> Portugal >> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] The current purges in English Wikipedia (...and >> my personal case) >> >> I'm not sure how blocking someone for conduct admitted from "some years >> ago", that doesn't appear to have hurt anyone or caused any disruption, >> is >> "the right thing to do." That's like saying "You violated 3RR in 2004, >> I'm >> blocking you for 24 hours. If you wish to be unblocked, admit your >> guilt and >> promise never to edit-war again." It's not bad advice for someone who >> wants >> to be unblocked, given human nature, but it shouldn't be necessary. >> Nathan >> _______________________________________________ >> WikiEN-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l >> > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
