Larry Wrote:

I would like to weigh in here to say that I'm just slightly disturbed

that

we are getting into the habit of publicly proposing, on this list, to use the banning power to settle acrimonious edit wars. I've noticed this in the case of Lir and of DW. When Jimbo and I were the only ones who had the authority to ban people, we never used it for this purpose, or at least, I can't remember a single case. This is the first time I recall anyone proposing to ban someone for *one hour* so that the person could "cool off." This is the first I've heard of "cooling people off" as a reason to *ban* them for any length of time.

Yes, people are becoming a bit quick on the trigger, I'd say.

I disagreed with some of Lir's edits, and doubt she'll win any congeniality contests, but I think some of the sysops also could use a cooling down.... Not that they deserve banning, either.

kq