On Thu, 27 May 2004 19:08:11 UTC, "Martin Harper" martin@myreddice.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
Does this mean that at the end of the week, he comes back unbanned?
Note that, in the unlikely event that Wik returns after his ban expires, the other components of the arbitration ruling will still apply. However, there is a broader point. There are roughly three schools of thought:
A) A ban of one month lasts one month, regardless of attempts at evasion. B) A ban of one month requires one month of uninterrupted absence from Wikipedia - any attempt to evade that ban automatically resets the ban timer. Banned users with poor self-control may end up banning themselves indefinately. C) Evading a ban is itself a bannable offence - doing so automatically triples the ban length (after which, (B) applies).
Thanks, that explains it nicely. I was concerned that (C) might require yet another long process -- in fact, it still looks as if it might -- but Wik is now extending his ban one day at a time under (B), so the simple answer to my question is a solid No.
Reservation: The No is as solid as the consensus behind it. But the precedent looks good.
But I just re-read what you say. The "automatically" and "after which" imply that the ban is now 3 weeks, not 1, starting on whatever day he begins to comply. If I've got that right, I'll shut up, because the system is _not_ hopelessly tangled in unnecessarily long procedures.