At 10:22 AM 10/2/2003, you wrote:
I have ended
the temporary ban on RK.
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That is what I would call a community decision indeed.
I suppose the opinion of all those insulted is totally
irrelevant in this decision.
Anthere
For the record, if Axel hadn't unbanned him, I would have... and I support
the banning of him in the first place. Here''s my reasoning:
*Banning/unbanning is largely irrelevant in this situation, RK certainly
isn't coming back any time soon.
*Banning logged-in users is a temporary emergency step and the emergency
has passed.
*Unbanning him in no way says that his behavior is acceptable, it merely
respects our process.
We have no procedure to ban logged-in users for any specific length of
time. The mandate is in an emergency to protect vandalism. Once the
vandalism threat is over, there is no rationale to continue that form of
ban. At this point, the weeks-long consensus that a ban should (or should
not) occur takes place and then we have our democratic solution. Axel did
not show disrespect to people who were insulted, he showed respect for the
Wikipedia process that we all abide by. I disagree with Axel that he never
should have been banned in the first place, that was an appropriate step to
undertake given the situation. That's just my two cents.
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Dante Alighieri
dalighieri(a)digitalgrapefruit.com
"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their
neutrality in times of great moral crisis."
-Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321