I expected the new software to include the feature we've all been asking for, that would block a user from "all pages but his own talk page" - or "all pages but a few specific ones". The purpose of this was to enable a user to protest a block - without having to create a new account or find a new ISP.
Pending development of this feature, why not: (1) Unblock the user account. (2) Requent the user to confine his edits to his user talk page (and possibly a short list of other pages) (3) Watch his contribs, and instantly revert and edits outside his assigned scope. (4) Re-block his account if #3 becomes tedious.
This is bending over backwards to be fair. And I wouldn't mind being the first to try it - if enough others think the experiment is worth trying.
Kindly ol' Uncle Ed (User:Ed Poor) Chairman (pro tem), Mediation Committee Admin, Bureaucrat, Developer Emeritus, wikien-l admin, etc., etc.
-----Original Message----- From: MacGyverMagic/Mgm [mailto:macgyvermagic@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 5:32 AM To: English Wikipedia Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Abuse of admin powers by David Gerard and Snowspinner
On 7/6/05, Norath Norath norath2005@yahoo.com wrote:
User:Norrath was block by David Gerard for "admitted sockpuppet and role account". This account is indeed a sockpuppet of a
user in good
standing, created to protest other blocks caaried out abusively by Snowspinner.
Regardless of whether a block was within policy or not, creating another account to circumvent it is against policy. This is especially what the list was made for and if you asked to be unblocked while citing relevant sections of policy, I'm sure you could get a lot more admins to unblock you if you contacted them privately, than when you go straight to accusations of abuse.
--Mgm