[WikiEN-l] Re: Blocking policy

[Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales]

Rick wrote:
> I object solely on the grounds that it is not the arbcom's
>responsibility to create policy.

I don't yet see what you think is new about this.

>And that is what they're doing.  Even if I got everything I wanted, I
>would still object.  But let me also say that I disagree with this
>option, because it's given Guanaco the ability to suddenly go wild and
>retroactively unblock EVERY SINGLE PERSON from the past whose reason
>for blocking doesn't match these unapproved criteria.

Guanaco, or any other sysop, has always had the ability to do this.

--Jimbo