Some background appears to have been lost in this thread. For two years now I've extended a standard offer to support the return of banned editors under certain conditions.
*Refrain from socking for six months. *Promise to refrain from the behavior that caused the ban. *Don't create other reasons to rethink that offer.
That time frame is adjustable under certain conditions. I've been known to welcome people back in half that time if they do good drama-free work at a sister wiki.
Jonas is active at a sister wiki, but his record there is quite spotty. And he's been socking consistently. Each occasion resets that six month clock, so at the point he requested an end to his ban he was a bit short of the 90 day mark. Those aren't circumstances that would shorten the time frame. The question was whether to lengthen it.
Both his presentation and with his subsequent conduct have been unimpressive. Decidedly so. It's gone on long enough and I've declared my new offer. There's no obligation to extend one at all.
Ironically enough, just a few threads beneath Ionas's request I was helping another banned editor who really regretted his mistakes and who'd been getting the run-around from ArbCom for months. The other fellow's back now. And there's another ban I'm preparing to appeal soon.
Now if you want to discourage experienced Wikipedians from supporting the return of banned editors under fair conditions, an effective way to achieve that is to take potshots at the relative few who'll sponsor requests.
-Durova
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 7:06 AM, James Farrar james.farrar@gmail.com wrote:
2008/11/30 Durova nadezhda.durova@gmail.com:
But there's a catch. From this point forward every post you make on the subject extends that time frame by one month.
Wow, really adult of you.
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