On 4/19/07, Jeff Raymond jeff.raymond@internationalhouseofbacon.com wrote:
The community ban you speak of came *before* the massive discussion at the community noticeboard - no one dared unblock him, thus it was a de facto community ban.
Yes, until Jimbo unblocked there was a community ban. When a community-banned editor is unblocked, with a proper reason, then there is no more community ban. This is why I have said: no community ban applies to Daniel Brandt at this time.
The same kind of limitation applies even to arbitration remedies. There have been several incidents where administrators, or the community as a whole, has declined to enforce remedies ruled by the arbitration committee. Where in some communities this would precipitate a constitutional crisis, on Wikipedia these things tend to be handled with commonsense and understanding, and always with an eye to improving Wikipedia, not harming it.