Daniel Mayer wrote:

On Friday 06 September 2002 10:01 pm, you wrote:

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Why isn't freezing the topic and the talk page worth discussing? Banning is personal. Freezing the discussion for a day, week, or month is impersonal.

Tom Parmenter Ortolan 88

Good question - I tried just that I almost lost my sysop status.

I consider myself to be more on the laissez faire end of the the spectrum when it comes to these issues. I have already complained when I have considered someone to be acting heavy-handedly. Nevertheless I think that some discussion on Tom's proposal is warranted.

I agree that freezing is a far less drastic step than banning, but some guidelines would need to be worked out first, among which: it should not be used by an active participant in an edit war. It should be for a definite period, with that fact being clearly shown on the face of the article. Freezing the subject page does not mean the related talk page is frozen. Ec