On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
Has there been any discussion in the past about implementing article specific (or category specific?) blocks as a way of enforcing topic bans? I'm thinking that an article may have a list or log of blocked editors, so that an editor can be blocked from a specific article without blocking them more generally or relying on their good faith to not violate topic bans. Any thoughts?
Article specific is fine IMO. Category specific is problematic. I'm sure plenty of sneaky vandals could add unrelated pages to such categories and in effect block those users from editing them. Putting what amounts to admin rights (even if it is over only a handful of people) in the hands of anonymous editors is not wise.