John Robinson wrote:

Now that account banning is installed on en: I plan to avail of it. User:BuddhaInside has been trolling the 'pedia for over two weeks now, with no end in sight. His contributions list is an almost endless series of revert wars; a record of some objections to his actions can be found at [[Wikipedia:Problem_users/BuddhaInside]] and at the following user talk pages which he has attempted to hide from view: User page [[User_talk:BuddhaInside/Delete6633]]

User talk page [[User_talk:BuddhaInside/Delete3091]] [[User_talk:BuddhaInside/Delete5253]] [[User_talk:BuddhaInside/Delete0655]] [[User_talk:BuddhaInside/Delete4368]]

From his/her actions, it's clear this is someone who has used the system extensively before the account was made, either someone wanting a "Hyde"-type personality to cause trouble for fun, or a previously banned user.

I don't take using an account ban lightly, so this is your chance to either talk me out of it or yank my admin privileges beforehand. I intend to ban this account after another day or so.

-Hephaestos

My understanding of the current consensus policy on banning is:

"As of September 2003, it is now possible for sysops to block usernames. It is important to note that sysops are not authorised to decide whether a particular case of vandalism warrants banning by username. The ability to ban by username has been made available for the purposes of enforcing a ban already approved by Jimbo. It may be used to block obvious reincarnations of hard-banned users."

This paragraph is present at [[Wikipedia:Bans and blocks]] and [[Wikipedia:Administrators]].

So you need to talk Jimbo into it; it's not our job to talk you out of it.

-- Tim Starling.

Hephaestos wrote:

Now that account banning is installed on en: I plan to avail of it. User:BuddhaInside has been trolling the 'pedia for over two weeks now, with no end in sight.

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I don't take using an account ban lightly, so this is your chance to either talk me out of it or yank my admin privileges beforehand. I intend to ban this account after another day or so.

I'm not going to comment on whether BuddhaInside should be banned, but I do oppose it being done in this way. We should only use the ban button to enforce hard bans (cautiously!) or cases of simple vandalism (If BuddhaInside's contributions are vandalism, then they can only be described as *complicated* vandalism)

Please don't do this Hephaestos, I think it would set a dangerous precedent. I don't think you (or I) should make this decision.

Regards,

sannse