Re: [WikiEN-l] "block" considered too harsh a word?

-- Asbestos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Asbestos On 5/10/05, Roger Wesson wikipedia@world-traveller.org wrote: > How about 'suspended'? Equally accurate and less terminal-sounding than > block. > > Hi everyone, by the way. As you might guess from my e-mail address, I am > User:Worldtraveller. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Asbestos [mailto:asbestos999@gmail.com] > Sent: 10 May 2005 17:29 > To: English Wikipedia > Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] "block" considered too harsh a word? > > If users can't be bothered to read the part of the message where it says > they've been blocked for just 24 hours, they're going to throw a fit no > matter what the word is. "Blocked" itself is a neutral word: it accurately > describes the fact that they can no longer edit. > > This reminds me of the idea that some schools are now requiring their > teachers to grade papers in purple pens, because a red F apparently > distresses some students... > > Sam > -- > Asbestos > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Asbestos > > On 5/10/05, Timwi timwi@gmx.net wrote: > > > > As we have seen numerous times in the past, users who are new to the > Wikipedia tend to vastly overreact to being blocked. Some people throw > quite a fit even when they're blocked for a mere 24 hours. > > > > A friend of mine suggested that perhaps the word should be changed to > something more euphemistic and something less harsh than "block". I can > sympathise with this thinking, because if I saw a page telling me I'm > "blocked", not knowing what it means I would probably interpret it to mean > "blocked indefinitely", and as we know people don't tend to read the > entire message and hence don't notice where it mentions the time limit. > > > > Unfortunately, he didn't have any ideas what to call it instead. So I'm > wondering what everyone else here thinks? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WikiEN-l mailing list > > WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org > > http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > > -- > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Asbestos > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org > http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > PLEASE NOTE: THE ABOVE MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE INTERNET. > > On entering the GSi, this email was scanned for viruses by the Government > Secure Intranet (GSi) virus scanning service supplied exclusively by > Energis in partnership with MessageLabs. > > Please see http://www.gsi.gov.uk/main/notices/information/gsi-003-2002.pdf > for further details. > > In case of problems, please call your organisational IT helpdesk > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org > http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l >