Ok, thanks for clarifying that. In that case, what if Jimbo just asks another sysop to block? There are always sysops on IRC when I'm on...
On 9/9/06, Mark Gallagher m.g.gallagher@student.canberra.edu.au wrote:
G'day Akash,
[top-posting, context fixed]
Jimbo Wales wrote: [snip]
people end up on the "list of people banned by Jimbo"
There's a category/list for that? That should be AfD'd/prodded :) It practically encourages activity leading to indef block by Jimbo,
although I
can't think of anything that would warrant such attention besides other sysops not noticing.
No, there isn't a category/list for that (well, there might be, but that's not what Jimmy meant). The essential problem with J Wales blocking someone, as Jimmy himself pointed out in the bit you snipped, is that it's not treated as a standard block, and can invite hysteria from other admins and in extreme cases, the press.
People look at it and say, "Wikipedia's founder himself blocked someone! That's an unusual situation. What sort of message should we take from this? How may we better serve him?"
This would be distressing for any number of reasons, not least that having people latch onto you like that can be very embarrassing if you're not the sort of person who likes being latched onto.
-- Mark Gallagher "What? I can't hear you, I've got a banana on my head!"
- Danger Mouse
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