Gareth Owen wrote:
"Poor, Edmund W" Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com writes:
How many people want admins to have the Authority to temp-ban any user who (in their opinion) has violated a community rule?
Yes, please.
Troublemakers (like Wik, Iriskook and Plautus) only have to show a slight bit of subtlety and we bend over backwards to please them, frequently alienating actual, useful contributors.
Funny, if you asked Wik, he'd argue that he's the one keeping Wikipedia free of troublemakers, and that we should perhaps give him ban authority to keep things happy. And some people even agree with him (his most frequent edit-war opponent is [[User:Anthony del Pierro]], who hardly has a stellar record here himself).
So are we just supposed to ban everyone who some number of people dislike or thinks are "troublemaker"s? By that criterion, the following "troublemakers" would be banned by one person or another: * Lir, * Wik, * 168... * Plautus Satire * Irismeister * RK * 172 * BL * OneVoice * Anthony del Pierro * Leumi * Vergina * etc...
Which I don't think is really a great idea.
-Mark