[WikiEN-l] Bans and online/offline reputation (was Re: Follow-up on my Ban from Wikipedia (part 3))

[Matthew Brown]

On 9/8/07, Armed Blowfish <diodontida.armata at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Wikipaedia is posting negative information about relatively
> private individuals... or are banned users considered so
> notable now that BLP does not apply?  Are you so determined
> to take revenge on those that are banned that you must
> destroy their online and offline reputations as much as
> possible?

We are not in control of how people ruin their own reputations by
being assholes on Wikipedia.  My sympathy for banned users is
generally slight.

-Matt