New subject: Tag-teaming (was: Fvw's abuse of admin powers)

6 Oct 2005

...
  Let's not continue subject tags that imply someone
is guilty. Most of 
 the time it's a baseless complaint from someone who was banned or 
 blocked for a very good reason. 

 I have changed the Subject in the e-mail thread as follows: 

 * Tag-teaming (was: Fvw's abuse of admin powers) 

 And when you reply to _this_ message, please strip off the part in 
 parentheses, so it looks like this: 

 * Tag-teaming  
Maybe the next reply can strip it off.  By accusing Fvw of abuse I was making a point, and
that point was not the Fvw is somehow worse than other admins, but rather to make the
point that using a system to implement 24 hour blocks that for a long time has been known
to routinely block people for much longer is an abuse of admin powers.  Regardless of the
fact that some oppose the 3RR rule, when the prescribed punishment is a 24 hour block,
putting someone in a system that almost certainly will result in a longer block without
careful monitoring and intervention by the admin is abusive.  Of course having to track
the times to make sure this abuse does not happen is a burden for the admins, and they
should not be put in this position.  The admins should insist the blocking software be
fixed, or refuse to use it, rather than abuse either by intent or oversight.
                        -- Silverback

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