Put simply, because there was an ongoing issue with a compromised account. A user was allowing other people to share his account, and had not agreed to stop doing this. That is an ongoing problem and rightly deserved a block.
Of course if the user later agreed to stop doing this, the rationale might not still apply.
There is still a problem: He still has friends; there is probably still only one computer; and his friends may be interested in writing Wikipedia accounts for hire, a legal activity, as he points out. We might have to sort some of this stuff out. I think we can.
Fred
----- "Nathan" nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
From: "Nathan" nawrich@gmail.com To: "English Wikipedia" wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thursday, 9 July, 2009 18:51:45 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] The current purges in English Wikipedia (...and my personal case)
I'm not sure how blocking someone for conduct admitted from "some years ago", that doesn't appear to have hurt anyone or caused any disruption, is "the right thing to do." That's like saying "You violated 3RR in 2004, I'm blocking you for 24 hours. If you wish to be unblocked, admit your guilt and promise never to edit-war again." It's not bad advice for someone who wants to be unblocked, given human nature, but it shouldn't be necessary. Nathan _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
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