I was thinking of applying this "special power" only for the case of:
* an anonymous user, i.e., IP address
* when a sysop would really rather talk than ban
I see this as being LESS powerful a move than simply clicking the "ban this IP"
link.
Ed Poor
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Sanger [mailto:lsanger@nupedia.com]
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 12:00 PM
To: wikipedia-l(a)wikipedia.org
Subject: RE: [Wikipedia-l] a way to contact IP users
Ed,
I know you mean very well, and that you're trying to help solve an
important problem, but I'm generally opposed to giving admins any special
powers that they do not already have have. Maybe give everyone this
power?
Isn't there another way to achieve what you are trying to achieve?
Larry