Just a little note.
In the interest of fairness I wanted to state that it may not be strictly true that no one objects to the ban on User:Viking. I believe User:Triton may. The following is from Triton on my Talk page (now archived at User Talk:Dante Alighieri/clovis et al.):
Take a look now at the new way of humiliating a user. A new file has been made called http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Viking/banUser talk:Viking/ban that will keep showing up on the Recent Changes list as many times as their attacker(s) wish. When someone not involved sees that, what is the impression of UserViking?
Now, I don't know for CERTAIN that this means Triton objects to the ban, but I certainly would want to give Triton the chance to clarify himself. I wouldn't want his comments to go unheard and risk us banning Viking without giving anyone who cares to defend him a chance to do so.
Let's not ban Viking until we give Triton a clear chance to voice himself. I would hate for Triton to go unheard.
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Karim Moussally kmoussally@cal.berkeley.edu
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." -Albert Einstein, attributed