> Personally I don't think any editor, other than simple vandals > should be able to be blocked "indefinitely" by admin action alone. > Too much room for abuse based on content issues.
Maybe have a "Except for simple, and obvious, vandals, indefinite blocks will be voted on in the community or ARBCOM and acted upon by an admin."? On Aug 13, 2009, at 7:55 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Personally I don't think any editor, other than simple vandals should > be able to be blocked "indefinitely" by admin action alone. Too much > room for abuse based on content issues. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Emily Monroe <[email protected]> > To: English Wikipedia <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Aug 13, 2009 5:43 pm > Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Civility poll results > > > > > > > > > > >> Any such block for more than 24 hours is likely punitive. > > True. Maybe we can do something along the lines of "Four 12-24 hour > civility blocks, and you'll be blocked indefinitely." or live > indefinite blocks up to the community. I'd prefer the latter. > >> Saying "we'll give you another chance, and not many more," is a >> power move where you are using your superior privileges, shrouded in >> a royal "we", to intimidate the other person into complying with >> what you believe to be the rules. > > Okay. What if the person has an attitude that is interfering with > writing articles? What if several people do? "We" agree that there's a > point that incivility shouldn't be tolerated. > > Emily > On Aug 13, 2009, at 11:44 AM, Ray Saintonge wrote: > >> Emily Monroe wrote: >>>> It's a basic reality of life as an adult that employees with >>>> perfect >>>> work product but terrible attitudes are often terminated; their own >>>> work is fine, but their presence disrupts the work of others. >>>> >>> I agree. I sincerely believe that civility blocks are necessary. Not >>> as a punishment, or a chance to "cool down", but as a way to say >>> "Your >>> attitude is disrupting Wikipedia, and preventing it from improving. >>> Come back in [12/24 hours/a week/a month/whatever] and we'll give >>> you >>> another chance, and not many more." >> Any such block for more than 24 hours is likely punitive. Saying >> "we'll >> give you another chance, and not many more," is a power move where >> you >> are using your superior privileges, shrouded in a royal "we", to >> intimidate the other person into complying with what you believe to >> be >> the rules. You have already found him guilty. >> >> Ec >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
