[Wikipedia-l] a way to contact IP users

Poor, Edmund W Edmund.W.Poor at abc.com
Mon Nov 25 17:22:45 UTC 2002


I was thinking of applying this "special power" only for the case of:
* an anonymous user, i.e., IP address
* when a sysop would really rather talk than ban

I see this as being LESS powerful a move than simply clicking the "ban this IP" link.

Ed Poor


-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Sanger [mailto:lsanger at nupedia.com]
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 12:00 PM
To: wikipedia-l at wikipedia.org
Subject: RE: [Wikipedia-l] a way to contact IP users


Ed,

I know you mean very well, and that you're trying to help solve an
important problem, but I'm generally opposed to giving admins any special
powers that they do not already have have.  Maybe give everyone this
power?

Isn't there another way to achieve what you are trying to achieve?

Larry



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