Thomas Dalton schreef:
If he's not actually blocked/banned, can we ban
him from the mailing
list for outright lying?
He may just be confused on terminology: the difference between blocking
and banning is not easy, and one should also clearly differentiate
between people, user accounts, and IPs.
* People can be banned. That means they are not allowed to come back
under any name.
* User accounts can be blocked (not banned). This may happen because
they belong to banned people, because they are sock puppets, because
of our user name policy, or some other reason.
* IPs can also be blocked. This may happen because they belong to banned
people, or because they are anonymous proxies.
People whose user accounts or IPs are blocked, are allowed to return to
editting under another name or from another IP, unless they (the people
themselves) are actually banned.
It is my understanding that when ABF says he's banned from editing
wikipedia, he actually means that his IP is blocked. The result of this
may well be that he is unable to edit Wikipedia at all, if he is unable
to get another IP to edit from.
Eugene