On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Vladimir Medeyko <Vladimir.Medeyko(a)gmail.com> wrote: Could you possibly explain in more detail what this "Border Control" philosophy is and how it works?

In Russian, this is Философия блокировок.

Dear colleagues, I personally think that this "Russian Wikiversity story" is primarily a grotesque replica of the so-called "Border Control" philosophy that was flourishing in Russian Wikipedia some time ago. It's a return fire of some kind. One of implications of the "Border Control" philosophy is that one who overly criticises a project or its users, or insults its users (especially leaders) outside the project, should be banned from the project. That is what happened here: one overly criticised Russian Wikiversity and mildly insulted its leader. And was blocked as a result. However, everything has its good side: despite Yaroslav already makes mostly wise decisions, but now, when he knows what do the blocked users feel, it will help him to make even wiser decisions. The "Border Control" philosophy is a bad idea... I don't share it, and I'm quite happy that Yaroslav has been unblocked. Saying that, I completely agree that Russian Wikiversity has serious problems that have to be addressed. -- Vladimir V. Medeyko phone: +7-921-940-39-79 _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l