I have revised a pair of old and narrowly rejected policies in the
hopes that the current climate is such that they will pass with more
ease.
The first can be located at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy/
Personal_attacks. This proposal would allow sysops to impose 24 hour
blocks for personal attacks, in the vein of the 24 hour blocks for 3RR
violations. The previous policy allowed for longer blocks, and had
fewer admonishments about improper use of the policy.
The second can be located at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_is_a_troll. This policy has
been changed more substantially. It explicitly notes that sysops may
not ban for trolling, and acknowledges that no firm definition of
trolling will be exhaustive. It also contains a warning about the
impossibility of accurately judging other people's motives. The sole
use of this policy, in its new form, would be to allow the arbitration
committee to, should they be inclined, sanction users for trolling.
I have also, through a small fiat, created [[Wikipedia:Don't be a
dick]]. As this policy is explicitly unenforced and unenforcable, and
meant as a joke with serious content, I did not forsee any problems
with it.
-Snowspinner