On 19/04/07, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
We've had this before with particularly contentious users, unblocked after private mentoring attempts to resolve their particular objectionableness... they don't usually work well, but we do try, and I don't recall any lynchings of would-be mentors before.
Indeed. And remember: the arbcom has long upheld that no-one is considered irredeemable, even in past cases where it's obvious they're about 99.5% irredeemable. It may end badly, but it is unlikely to end in wiki-threatening disaster. If someone is willing to unblock and to work with the person, there's no problem. In this case, I know Jimbo is keeping as close an eye as anyone on what actually happens.
- d.