Nathan, 03/03/2013 23:22:
[...] Peter's suggestion that it be revisited in a
year is
wildly optimistic, given the sclerotic nature of meta ;-)
It works only if in a year the policy will not have any use; oterwise
all comments will have an ad personam taste i.e. the discussion will be
made useless by becoming an appeal for individual (non) bans.
My prediction in my comment still stands - some communities will
object to the global ban, and permit users to circumvent it. Other
communities with constituencies on meta will attempt to use global
bans as leverage in disputes, with the impact primarily felt on the
English Wikipedia. The policy makes no attempt to anticipate these
issues, sadly.
I don't remember, was the RfC advertised via centralnotice and other
effective ways? The participation is extremely low for such a matter:
global sysop vote had 2230 participants and global block was even
removed from the package.
Nemo