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@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