Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:23:39 -0800, Luna lunasantin@gmail.com wrote:
I think the idea with community bans is that the person in question is believed to be *beyond* any significant hope of rehabilitation or compliance. In practice, though, is there really much difference between one-year and indefinite blocks? Few accounts return from either, and both can be evaded with socks.
Indefinite <> permanent. The former can be lifted if there is credible evidence of intent to reform, the latter comes I think only from ArbCom or Foundation. A community ban is defined for practical purposes as a ban which no admin is prepared to lift; the real problem here is RFA, which tends to ensure that the "cabal" remains a cabal and is not diluted by "dangerous" inclusionists.
RFA as a cabalist institution is a failure; the presence of inclusionists and clueless twits in the ranks of adminship is proof of this.