On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 1:33 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I'm glad to see this discussion made more general
-- beyond this
particular case, and towards the general process for how and when we
can (and should) globally ban someone. I also think that we need to
have a clear process that can be used -- with care, but also without
requiring debate about *process* for every case. It helps everyone if
there are agreed-upon minimum standards for behavior and a process for
review of problems. More specifically, I think Scott's suggestions
above make a lot of sense.
Jumping off of this conversation, and trying to push the conversation to
on-wiki ;-), I've created a page on Meta with a set of open questions...
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/meta/wiki/Global_bans
Please edit boldly!
I also wanted to say that I think the views expressed by Yaroslav and
Strainu earlier about participation from people who aren't English
Wikipedians need to be on the top of our priority list for discussions like
these.
Steven