phil, there is no concensus, you know that, i know that, and there are many
references to emails on this list where administrators are not supporting an
indefinate ban. Because it would go against the wikipedia project to ban
newbies who rush in with all enthusiams, and little knowledge of how wiki
works.
All that wasted enthusiam.
From: Philip Welch <wikipedia(a)philwelch.net>
Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org>
To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org>
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] my week ban - which is now an indefinate ban again
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 09:13:28 -0700
On May 24, 2006, at 2:37 AM, <andrew.j.norman(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
Um,
that's what the listserv is for.
Yes, but it will be more "official" if it was recorded on Wikipedia.
Also this (putting it up on WP:ANI) is the practice that seems to be
more common. It's just a request, given the somewhat disputable
nature
of this block.
I've put a suggestion on WP:AN for a process to quickly confirm
community bans and allow for review. I agree with Prasad that this
sort of thing needs to be done on Wikipedia itself. We need a
rapid, open and fair method for ensuring that community bans have
genuine community support, and it seems to me we don't really have
that at the moment. Once an admin's decided on a community ban,
the only way that can currently be overruled is an appeal to the
arbitration committee, or the start of a wheel war.
There are countless administrators on the listserv already. If we
need to find a consensus among admins, we don't need to go to AN
because we've already established it here.
--
Philip L. Welch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Philwelch
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