"Thomas Dalton" wrote
Sounds like you're describing a wheel war. ArbCom is the way to go. The reblocking admins would be at least cautioned, and I doubt anything would happen to Linuxbeak. ArbCom would then decide once and forall whether or not to block.
(Disclaimer: This reply is based purely on the parent email, I am not familiar with the incident in question.)
Well, yes, a clearer perspective is provided by the actual ArbCom decision on the Blu Aardvark ban appeal:
Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Blu Aardvark .
This appeal was brought just a few days after the wikidrama described. The page gives a clearer idea of what was involved.
Charles
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Well, yes, a clearer perspective is provided by the actual ArbCom decision on the Blu Aardvark ban appeal:
Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Blu Aardvark .
This appeal was brought just a few days after the wikidrama described. The page gives a clearer idea of what was involved.
Hmmm... principle 3 does seem to be in direct conflict with the standard definition of a community ban... The standard definition requires a consensus to ban only, if doesn't require a consensus to unban once banned, only that the consensus to ban no longer exist (and if there is an admin willing to unblock, then there clearly isn't a consensus).
on 10/1/07 9:43 AM, Thomas Dalton at thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
Well, yes, a clearer perspective is provided by the actual ArbCom decision on the Blu Aardvark ban appeal:
Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Blu Aardvark .
This appeal was brought just a few days after the wikidrama described. The page gives a clearer idea of what was involved.
Hmmm... principle 3 does seem to be in direct conflict with the standard definition of a community ban... The standard definition requires a consensus to ban only, if doesn't require a consensus to unban once banned, only that the consensus to ban no longer exist (and if there is an admin willing to unblock, then there clearly isn't a consensus).
Do you folks realize this is starting to sound as complicated as the US Tax Code! :-)
Marc