On 8/22/07, Adrian <aldebaer(a)googlemail.com>
wrote:
I'm sure this idea has already been kicked
around, but why aren't there
selective blocks, i.e. blocks restricted to one or more certain pages? I
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-July/078354.html
[snip]
If it later turned out that the user in question
is
generally intolerable, s/he could accordingly be fully blocked (as
usual) to give them a stronger warning.
'Soft security' is a core idea behind a lot of our decisions.
If someone can't restrain themselves when we tell them they must
behave or leave entirely then they are failing the most fundamental
requirement for an acceptable participating member in a healthy free
society, self-control.
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But self control can be learned, taught, and encouraged by the system.
Or the system can decide to simply show the door to misfits,
deliberately ignoring the possibility that they may yet learn to become
more constructive.