Arwel Parry a écrit:
Oh-oh! I don't expect much good to come of this. Has he apologised for his misdemeanours?
You say that this is a unique experiment, but what criteria are to be applied to judge whether the experiment has been successful or not?
The experiment should be successful perhaps * if Danny is not blocked every couple of days * if Michael succeeds to edit quietly, under one account, without wrongdoings, no more than the maximum of pages per day * if we do not loose endless hours discussing this :-)
In message 20040903144129.GB7943@wikia.com, "Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales" jwales-ADBWotsCEHwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org writes
As an experiment, I am going to unban Michael and place him under the mentorship of Danny and Guanaco, who will watch after him. He will edit only under his new [[Mike Garcia]] account, and promises to make only good edits.
I ask all other sysops and users to give him a try, and try to welcome him into the community. I would like to ask those who have been directly involved with dealing with his constant problem edits to please just steer clear of him for awhile, and let Danny and Guanaco or others try to mediate and deal with him.
Essentially, banning hasn't worked very well, because he's a persistent problem. Blocking him has been problematic because he comes in on an AOL proxy, which blocks lots of other people.
This is a unique situation, and it warrants a unique experiment, and we have people (Danny in particular) who have taken the lead in volunteering to try something new.
--Jimbo