[Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Crosswiki blocking

[Nathan]

This suggestion seems fine to me. We're not giving stewards a power
they don't already have or enforcing cultural policy on all
Wikipedias. The stewards can already block a vandal everywhere if need
be - this just makes it easier to accomplish the same task. Its a
short cut, not a sea change.

Nathan

On Jan 31, 2008 4:21 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Another sensible suggestion.
>
>
> - d.
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jesse Martin (Pathoschild) <pathoschild at gmail.com>
> Date: 31 Jan 2008 20:37
> Subject: [Wikitech-l] Crosswiki blocking
> To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> A more feasible proposal (than global blocking) which I've put forth
> before is crosswiki blocking. A Special:BlockCrosswiki page on Meta
> could be used by stewards to block a user on any project, preferably
> updating the log on that project. The interface would work in
> precisely the same way as the current crosswiki Special:Userrights,
> with a steward blocking "Pathoschild's_proposal_sucks!@enwiki" from
> Meta.
>
> This doesn't have the problems of global blocking, and it would be
> extremely useful in stopping wiki-jumping vandals. Without crosswiki
> blocking, a steward needs to navigate to each project, register an
> account or log in, navigate to Special:Userrights and set admin access
> from Meta, navigate to Special:Blockip and block the vandal from the
> local project, and switch back to Special:Userrights on Meta to remove
> their admin access. By the time they're done, the vandal has hit six
> more wikis. Obviously, the current way we do things is ridiculous and
> not scalable in the least.
>
> --
> Yours cordially,
> Jesse Martin (Pathoschild)
>
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