[WikiEN-l] DW banned - was: DW's new threat

[Poor, Edmund W]

As requested, I have enforced the "ban" on DW's username.

Banning someone by username can be done through the Wikipedia web interface only by a user with "developer" rights -- currently, there are 4 of us:
* Brion Vibber
* Lee Daniel Crocker (LDC)
* Magnus Manske
* Ed Poor

Just execute a "change query" to change the exiled user's "password" field (which is actually encrypted) to something in clear text, e.g., "banned for 2 weeks per so-and-so" -- which effectively prevents the user from logging in.

Ed Poor

-----Original Message-----
From: Jimmy Wales [mailto:jwales at bomis.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 6:05 AM
To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] DW's new threat


I told DW, pointblank, not to insult people.  But DW continues to
behave in this way.  So, goodbye DW.  It's time for a ban.

Could some sysop make this happen... AND, I'm sorry to have to ask,
but what's the best procedure for me to do this myself?

--Jimbo
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