On 4/19/07, Jeff Raymond jeff.raymond@internationalhouseofbacon.com wrote:
Tony Sidaway wrote:
Yes, until Jimbo unblocked there was a community ban. When a community-banned editor is unblocked, with a proper reason, then there is no more community ban. This is why I have said: no community ban applies to Daniel Brandt at this time.
I don't think you're correct on this. I could very well be wrong, but I don't think you're correct. If you are, this is a very fundamental shift in terms of the ability of the community to create any sort of lasting sanction.
I think it goes without saying that the community has no ability to create an irreversible sanction. People change their minds, consensus shifts, exceptions arise, and exigencies intervene. As a matter of practice, I could easily list umpteen very long-lived community sanctions, and these are not affected one wit for being just as reversible as they were on the day they were first imposed.