[WikiEN-l] Blocked user report

[Jimmy Wales]

The Cunctator wrote:
> Please unblock these users. Blocking them just encourages the behavior.

How does it encourage the behavior?

> If I'm not mistaken, you have not been granted authority to block those
> usernames.

Implicitly, whoever created these accounts granted *anyone* authority
to block them by changing the passwords.  It's just a goofy idea,
that's all.

I'm not even understanding what the point of it is supposed to be.
Anonymity?  That's easily available already -- just create a new user,
it takes 5 seconds.

--Jimbo