--- Erik Moeller erik_moeller@gmx.de wrote:
Anthere-
Note that it won't change anything in the end,
because
on Wikipedia, we ban people for what they do (the damage) and not on their names/personality.
Oh yeah. That makes a lot of sense. In case of such a deliberate deception, the person in question should not / could not be surprised if they were banned for being Lir, of course, nor would such a ban be an abuse of power.
Regards,
Erik
Dear Erik
An abuse of power is losing a lot of its potency when it may be reverted.
Removing content from article would be really abusive were the removing permanent
Sysop banning IP adresses could be potentially really abusive were the other sysops not able to unban
Deletion of articles could be really abusive if deletion was permanent. Fortunately, the process is reversible, the regular users now have an official tool to ask for abusive deletions to be reverted, and perhaps one day they will even be able to directly judge by themselves whether the deletion was abusive or not.
Banning a loggued in user may not be so abusive, if other people have the possibility to unban these users.
Degree of abuse is depending a lot on whether actions may be reverted without damage.
When banning cannot be agreed upon between the different members of the community, and nobody is available to balance the power held by the one applying the ban, there is a risk of abuse.
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