[WikiEN-l] Re: Blocking without following policy

[Anthere]

I have a question.
I thought Halifax was range blocked, and proxies unusable.
So, how could JRR or LT edit ?


John Robinson wrote:
> Fred Bauder wrote:
> 
>  >I definitely want to see some evidence and also some information about 
> what
>  >would be evidence. How do we determine that someone is a reincarnation 
> of a
>  >previously banned user?
> 
> It's pretty simple really, using the old saw:
> 
> 1) They look like a duck. Check, derivative usernames (Entmoots of 
> Trolls, JRR Trollkien, Leo Trollstoy)
> 
> 2) They walk like a duck. Check, editing mostly the same articles as the 
> banned user did.
> 
> 3) They quack like a duck. Check, the edits made to the above-mentioned 
> articles are virtually the same as those made by the banned user.
> 
> Even with all three of these being the case, it is hypothetically 
> possible that they are not, indeed, a reincarnation of the banned user. 
> However I think it is overkill to go to their house, knock on their door 
> and ask "Hey, are you [banned user]?" Assuming that the banned user was 
> banned for their behavior, it makes sense that a new account displaying 
> the same behavior should also be banned.
> 
> -Hephaestos
> 
> 
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