John Robinson wrote:
Now that account banning is installed on en: I plan to
avail of it.
User:BuddhaInside has been trolling the 'pedia for over two weeks now,
with no end in sight. His contributions list is an almost endless
series of revert wars; a record of some objections to his actions can be
found at [[Wikipedia:Problem_users/BuddhaInside]] and at the following
user talk pages which he has attempted to hide from view:
User page
[[User_talk:BuddhaInside/Delete6633]]
User talk page
[[User_talk:BuddhaInside/Delete3091]]
[[User_talk:BuddhaInside/Delete5253]]
[[User_talk:BuddhaInside/Delete0655]]
[[User_talk:BuddhaInside/Delete4368]]
From his/her actions, it's clear this is someone who has used the
system extensively before the account was made, either someone wanting a
"Hyde"-type personality to cause trouble for fun, or a previously banned
user.
I don't take using an account ban lightly, so this is your chance to
either talk me out of it or yank my admin privileges beforehand. I
intend to ban this account after another day or so.
-Hephaestos
My understanding of the current consensus policy on banning is:
"As of September 2003, it is now possible for sysops to block usernames.
It is important to note that sysops are not authorised to decide whether
a particular case of vandalism warrants banning by username. The ability
to ban by username has been made available for the purposes of enforcing
a ban already approved by Jimbo. It may be used to block obvious
reincarnations of hard-banned users."
This paragraph is present at [[Wikipedia:Bans and blocks]] and
[[Wikipedia:Administrators]].
So you need to talk Jimbo into it; it's not our job to talk you out of it.
-- Tim Starling.