-----Original Message----- From: Info Control [mailto:infodmz@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 11:21 AM To: 'English Wikipedia' Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Brandt unblocked by Jimbo - community support?
On 4/19/07, charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
Don't follow. A community ban holds only when it is effectively unanimous, not when it has a consensus behind it. That's a huge practical difference.
Charles
So I understand... if twelve admins say, User:X is community banned, but one admin says, "No, he's really a nice guy, for reasons A, B, C, I'm unblocking," and does... he can overrule them all?
Yes, but such actions depend on the user you unblocked acting different. You may have to block them again yourself. Unblocking in such circumstances implies a duty to monitor. See my actions with respect to Alkalada
Fred
Fred
On 4/19/07, Fred Bauder fredbaud@waterwiki.info wrote:
Yes, but such actions depend on the user you unblocked acting different. You may have to block them again yourself. Unblocking in such circumstances implies a duty to monitor. See my actions with respect to Alkalada
I might add one more condition to that: responsibility. If an admin unblocks somebody, they should probably be prepared to accept some (not all, but some) responsibility for anything that does (or doesn't) go wrong.
The obvious corollary being that if things go well, one might also deserve some measure of credit.
-Luna