[WikiEN-l] Blocking without following policy

[Ryan Wetherell]

The only ones I believe that I can safely block are the IP vandals or obvious returning vandals, y'know the ones to stupid to create believeable sockpuppets?  (i.e., Rishartha666, RisharthaUpTheButt, etc.)

Ryan


----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Richards <marich712000 at yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:47:19 -0700 (PDT)
To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Blocking without following policy

> Can someone please take a look at Request for review
> of admin actions and give me a reality check? It seems
> to me that Hephaestos and Guanaco are repeatedly
> blocking user Leo Trollstoy because s/he annoys them.
> They are claiming that s/he is the same as a
> previously banned user, but refusing to follow the
> procedure in 'reincarnations' of asking the user and
> then presenting evidence, insisting on the right to
> ban the user.
> I don't think the name is funny, but the AC has not
> yet ruled on this issue, and it seems to undermine the
> committee and the policy to allow this sort of
> behavior. It gives ammunition to those who claim that
> admins are unacountable and out of control.
> I do not propose letting vandals and trolls run amock,
> but it is important to retain some procedure and not
> have admins simply banning users that annoy them.
> Mark
> 
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