As requested, I have enforced the "ban" on DW's username.
Banning someone by username can be done through the Wikipedia web interface only by a user with "developer" rights -- currently, there are 4 of us: * Brion Vibber * Lee Daniel Crocker (LDC) * Magnus Manske * Ed Poor
Just execute a "change query" to change the exiled user's "password" field (which is actually encrypted) to something in clear text, e.g., "banned for 2 weeks per so-and-so" -- which effectively prevents the user from logging in.
Ed Poor
-----Original Message----- From: Jimmy Wales [mailto:jwales@bomis.com] Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 6:05 AM To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] DW's new threat
I told DW, pointblank, not to insult people. But DW continues to behave in this way. So, goodbye DW. It's time for a ban.
Could some sysop make this happen... AND, I'm sorry to have to ask, but what's the best procedure for me to do this myself?
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Just execute a "change query" to change the exiled user's "password" field (which is actually encrypted) to something in clear text, e.g., "banned for 2 weeks per so-and-so" -- which effectively prevents the user from logging in.
Won't the user be able to request a new password?
Regards,
Erik