On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 slimvirgin(a)gmail.com wrote:
On 9/28/05, Geoff Burling
<llywrch(a)agora.rdrop.com> wrote:
If I had
been playing a drawn-out game of whack-a-mole with someone like Alberuni,
I'd likely ban one or more ISPs to put an end to the fun. But if you do
something bold like this, tell the rest of us so we can act appropriately.
At the worst, another Admin will then revert your actions -- & if that
happens, it becomes Someone Else's Problem ...
It doesn't become Someone Else's Problem, Geoff, if the disruptive
editor is targeting a specific individual or ethnic group. When
unblocked, he'll simply continue to target them, so they continue to
have to deal with it.
Well, let me put it this way: if someone (say, Admin Example) reverts
a block on a given troublemaker for whatever reason, then the troublemaker
becomes that person's (i.e. Admin Example's) problem. The Admin who
blocked the troublemaker in the first place should be allowed to go on
with her/his business on Wikipedia.
That's my opinion on the matter. YMMV.
Geoff