[Wikipedia-l] Indefinite ban problem

[David Gerard]

On 29/09/2007, Ian Tresman <ian2 at knowledge.co.uk> wrote:

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_sanction_noticeboard/Archive10#Iantresman
> About 2-1/2 months ago, I was given an indefinite ban by the
> community after 5 hours of "discussion". I feel it was wholly unjustified.
> Editor Art Carlson noted that the banning editor had "refused to
> justify his block", and, editor Bladestorm noted that he was "having
> a hard time finding a single shred of evidence against him here".


The CSN was a bad idea from the start and was close to deletion
because it was being used as "votes for banning". I believe it's a
little better behaved now. FWIW.


- d.