On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Jay Litwyn brewhaha@edmc.net wrote:
"WODUP" wikiwodup@gmail.com wrote in message news:b6a9cba80903172346j33518c1fy859ccdc5cc92364@mail.gmail.com...
Perhaps the new abuse filter can be used to warn people apparently claiming a death against falsely making such a claim (remind them of the need for reliable sources) and at least log possible claims so they can be reviewed.
That sounds way into and against "Assume Good Faith". I doubt that anyone who finds an obituary (or attends a funeral and is forced to find an obituary) will appreciate automation for cancelling their account. It just does not seem like a process that can be automatic. In the worst case, someone else will find the obituary and end up supporting an unblock motion, based upon happening to see a short edit war. Screw automation.
Blocking? where did you get that from all WODUP suggested was to have something like a editnotice telling them what to do and also have a log of all the changes like that so they can be easily reviewed [and vandalism easily caught if thats the case].