On 11/17/06, Sydney Poore aka FloNight poore5@adelphia.net wrote:
Agree with your concerns about inexperienced admins. The point of this policy is to make sure that more experienced admins get involved by requiring discussion on AN or AN/I. Some ideas for community sanctions have been dismissed when presented. Currently blocks and user talk page protection are used with little oversight by more experienced admins to try and deal with problems. I see this as the community having another less rigid and brutal tool than exhaust the patience bans, cool off blocks, talk page protection.
You say that "some ideas for community sanctions have been dismissed when presented". Well, yes, I think they still should be. Any arrangements like this should be on a strictly one-to-one basis, not imposed down by some consensus of the community. Any other method will not work.
I also strongly disagree with issuing more process for admins to follow when they are using their initiative.