tarquin wrote:
Brion Vibber wrote:
On Sat, 2003-04-12 at 16:24, tarquin wrote:
AFAIK Susan Mason has not been unbanned by Jimbo.
Could a developer block the IP?
"Susan Mason" connects from AOL (ergo, ever-shifting IPs which are shared by many other AOL users).
in that case, we probably have to go for a soft-security option of
shunning: watch his every edit, and revert mercilessly & hope he'll get tired & go away
i think that should include trolling comments on talk pages too --
don't respond, just revert.
From my experience with this user, and from speaking with them over other mediums, I really do not think they will get tired and leave. When Susan Mason gets blocked, they will create a new account, and begin posting again. If their history can be a lesson, when Susan Mason is blocked, a new user will be created (who will be useful for a while, and then will grate on someone's nerves eventually), and that user will be a little bit better than the last. Tuf-Kat put it well on my talk page: There really wouldn't be any suspicion that a user is Lir once they begin acting like a useful contributor. Since no amount of reasoning on my part or anyone else's will keep this user off of Wikipedia, and blocking the IP would keep off AOLers, I guess just block Susan Mason, and let them create another account...block it when they commit behaviors that go against Wikipedia guidelines. I will continue to talk with the user of AIM and try to help them understand what behaviors bother people and detract from Wikipedia.
--cprompt