Re: [WikiEN-l] Yes, A Reincarnation

evidence, followed Well, certainly it was followed for the JRR account - he was asked, evidence was shown, we mulled it over, and then Heph blocked. Perfectly in line with that policy. You may have missed it because it took place over several weeks, but I think it was exemplary. If anything we perhaps took a little too long mulling over things, perhaps in part because we had a red herring about whether "troll" in the username is inappropriate. forgotten In the UK, the burden of proof in criminal cases is "innocent until proven guilty", while the burden of proof in civil cases is "balance of probabilities", and so forth. Even in the real world, the presumption of innocence is hardly a universal, and with good reason. I guess in deciding the burden of proof, one needs to consider the consequences of making a wrong decision, and the ability of an innocent person to show that they are innocent. It would be wrong to witch hunt and block on suspicion, but equally it would be wrong to require evidence that would satisfy a criminal court. There is a balance to be struck here. to the case not trust AC to do what it should do" I think our policy on reincarnations is such that the AC doesn't need to consider the issue first. I was willing to consider it only because the admins seemed to feel unwilling to block without the backup of a specific arbcom ruling - as that no longer is the case, our involvement is no longer required, unless Mark and the rest of the community are unable to come to an agreement on this. -Martin _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)Wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l