On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:48:53 -0800, William Pietri william@scissor.com wrote:
It seems like part of the problem here is a chicken-and-egg issue. It's hard for banned but possibly reformed people to prove that they have changed because they can't do anything on-wiki. And the cost of giving an umpteenth chance is generally outweighed by any potential benefit.
It would be interesting to try it. Allow them back under a parole, for example. I'd have suggested Rob Smith, but he seems to have blotted his copybook.
Guy (JzG)