BTW cf. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Staff_lounge#Banned_WP_editor_Primeti... which seems to have been accepted without question. That's more the kind of thing I was talking about...(again this is more copyright related, not social behaviour, and lazyquasar made a good point that in some cases people can "start anew".) I mean yes each project has its own community but I don't think it's beneficial to treat them like strangers. In situations like this we can work together and save each other some hassle.
Heh, imagine if WoW showed up at a new project and we had this attitude... "Give the man a chance! He might have reformed!" :)
cheers Brianna