On 8/22/07, Adrian aldebaer@googlemail.com wrote:
I'm sure this idea has already been kicked around, but why aren't there selective blocks, i.e. blocks restricted to one or more certain pages? I
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-July/078354.html
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If it later turned out that the user in question is generally intolerable, s/he could accordingly be fully blocked (as usual) to give them a stronger warning.
'Soft security' is a core idea behind a lot of our decisions.
If someone can't restrain themselves when we tell them they must behave or leave entirely then they are failing the most fundamental requirement for an acceptable participating member in a healthy free society, self-control.