Short answer as I understand it:
Global blocks are the technical feature and refer to the accounts, the IPs
and the software capability; global bans are the policy and refer to the
people who are unwelcome.
On 6 July 2012 10:44, ENWP Pine <deyntestiss(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi Steven,
Could you explain the distinctions between
https://meta.wikimedia.org/**
wiki/Global_locks <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_locks>,
https://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Global_blocks<https://meta.wikimedia.o…ks>,
and
https://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Global_bans<https://meta.wikimedia.org…
These look to me like they have some redundancy and some areas where they
diverge. A chart which compares these three side-by-side would be helpful.
Also, if Global Bans are decided by an RFC on Meta, that gives me pause. I
can envision sockpuppets and meatpuppets attempting to sabotage the process
and giving Meta checkusers more work to do, potentially much more work,
especially if WP:DUCK behaviors need to be evaluated on multiple projects
in multiple languages and/or coordination is needed with checkusers from
projects in other languages. I'm a bit more supportive of the process at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Global_locks<https://meta.wikimedia.or…
seems to involve Stewards making the decision to take a global action
based on multiple local projects taking local actions, rather than because
there was a global community RFC at Meta. I agree with AFBorchert's comment
at the RFC, "Meta is working great for non-controversial project
coordination, requests to stewards etc. But Meta is in no way prepared to
serve as a battleground for a large-scale global ban discussion which would
tend to revive previous debates at other projects."
Maybe I'm missing something here, but I'm thinking that global locks and
global blocks would be the best two of the three options to deal with a
user who is problematic enough to be unwelcome on all wikis.
Thanks,
Pine
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