Angela wrote:
*Axel Boldt wrote:
The issue could have brought up on the mailing list. In the past, we have often discussed weeks and weeks before banning long-term Wikipedians.
The issue *was* brought to the mailing list, and to the "problem users" page, and to "RK/ban" and to "Community case RK" and to Meta. He has been discussed ad nauseum and it was about time someone did something about it. He has been given countless chances to reform and he hasn't attempted to in the slightest. I can't see how a temporary ban is going to change his behavior either and I fully support a permanent ban.
Maybe I haven't followed all those discussions. Here on the list at least, I have not seen any serious discussion, and certainly nothing approaching a consensus, on banning RK.
As it happens, now serveral people bring arguments for banning him here on the list. I haven't made up my mind, but I want to make up my mind -- I want to discuss first and ban later, not the other way round.
Axel