On 10/11/04 10:02 AM, "Delirium" delirium@hackish.org wrote:
KNOTT, T wrote:
- Was I right to block him or did I act too hastily?
I'd say it's justified. People can make whatever legal threats they'd like, but we're under no obligation to provide write access to our website as a forum for them to do so.
Threatening users with legal action is just as bad as threatening Wikipedia. Worse, really.
Unless you think he was just blowing off steam the (unfortunately) correct thing to do was to ban him, especially if you first/simultaneously explained why it's wrong to do so.