[WikiEN-l] NO-FX ban

[Daniel Ehrenberg]

--- Brion Vibber <vibber at aludra.usc.edu> wrote:
> Oh, sure; indeed I have made bans where it seemed
> appropriate. A visit to
> [[Special:Ipblocks]] will show that. But repeatedly
> "banning" the same
> person over and over, when proven ineffective with
> that person, is rather
> pointless. The social effects of the ban haven't
> discouraged the person
> (indeed, perhaps encouraged them), and they've found
> a way around the very
> simple technical effects of the ban.
> 
> Obviously a change in strategy is required if we
> want to do anything
> other than re-ban Lir and Michael all day long. To
> continue to use the
> same strategy that we *know* is ineffective is
> neurotic.
> 
> -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

I agree, but what do you propose?
--LittleDan

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