Also, this discussion at the Village Pump:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:VPP#Biting_newcomers
IMO we need to seriously rethink the way we approach username blocks.
Cheers,
C More schi
Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.
From: "Benjamin Hallert"
<ben(a)vipmail.com>
Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Hardblocking usernames
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 10:30:14 -0700
I've seen a lot of username blocks recently with account creation disabled
and autoblock enabled, or a combination of the two. Some of the admins I
spoke with said they were doing this on purpose because of 'bad faith
usernames'. As these are essentially lifetime bans from Wikipedia (my IP
address, while dynamic, lasts months at a time), I think the wording of
WP:U
should be changed so it doesn't explicitly endorse this, and I'd like some
consideration to the idea of avoiding hardblocks for username violations
because of the heaviness of the action.
I've started a discussion on WP:U and on Template:UsernameHardBlocked about
aspects of this issue and would like to solicit additional input from the
community.
Nowhere else on Wikipedia do we essentially within our powers ban someone
for life on the result of a single misstep, and I don't believe we should
do
it here too.
Regards,
Chairboy
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