On Feb 9, 2007, at 9:42, geni wrote:
Editors are people. Being blocked hurts. Haveing your work deleted hurts.
Why does being blocked hurt? If a block is just what happens when you do such and such (like revert three times), why would that be a blow to the ego? You wait it out, you can edit again, no big deal. Ideally, you don't do anything which would lead to a block and nothing happens.
I think that probably punitive blocks would have less drama and be better received overall. Currently blocks mean "this person is a danger to the community." A punitive block would just mean "this person did such and such" and would both prevent further unwanted actions and not stigmatize it more than needed. But I will not be pushing for a rewrite of the blocking policy. I just think it really ought to be no big deal.
--keitei