On 4/19/07, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
If Brandt engages in any sort of behavior which would normally get someone blocked, then by all means, reblock him of course. He is under no special protection.
The problem is that he *is* engaging in behavior that would normally get someone blocked. He's posting libel off-wiki, he's trying to out people, he's trying to find out where people live. He hasn't stopped it; he hasn't taken those posts down. That would normally get him blocked. Yet you've said that reblocking him would be a bad idea, without saying what will happen to any admin who does it.
However, and this is a personal recommendation, please do not be too trigger-happy, as you are likely to cause the community a lot of grief when we have an opportunity here to resolve this issue amicably and put it behind us.
As for me, I don't believe in holding grudges and having endless fights. When peace is possible, it is worth going for.
It's not a question of holding grudges. My guess is that if he were to take all that material down, apologize, and promise not to restore it, the community would forgive him, perhaps not immediately but soon enough.
But you wouldn't want to see Amorrow or Sollog (or anyone) unblocked while they still had personal material about you and your family on their websites, no matter what promises they made. You wouldn't call opposition to those unblocks "holding grudges," just basic common sense.
Sarah