I object. Putting us all on a war footing is not worth it. When and if Wik accepts the brief ban that was imposed on him is soon enough. If that is never, so be it. It is very difficult to decide whether this or that sockpuppet is really Wik so we will certainly disrupt others if we are too aggressive. Removing stuff from Jimbo's talk page (if indeed it was Wik and not some provocateur) is a really bad idea.
Fred
From: "KNOTT, T" tknott@qcl.org.uk Reply-To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 08:38:54 +0100 To: "English Wikipedia" wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Subject: [WikiEN-l] How we should be dealing with Wik
Wik has declared a "War" on Jimbo's talk page. He appears to feel that since there are a large number of proxies he could use, that there is nothing we can do to stop him. I disagree. There is only one of him, and hundreds of us. I suggest we adopt the following approach.
For admins
- revert anything wik posts no matter what it is or where it is posted
to. (Jimbo has a note on his talk page asking people not to revert, Jimbo would make an exception in this case please, Wik needs to get the message that he is not permitted to post anywhere for a period of 7 days) 2) Block the IP in question for 7 days 2) If he is logged in as a sockpuppet do not bother to warn if you are _sure_ it's him.
For non admins
- revert as above and make sure you put Wik as the reason in the
summary box. That way any admin RC watching can block the IP in question
For everyone Keep an eye on [[wikipedia:block log]] look out for mistakes by admins, we don't want to block innocents. Check range blocks very carefully to make sure they are legit, done correctly, and have an appropriate message so that innocents don't get confused.
_Do not_ under _any_ circumstances speak to Wik. Not to antagonize him, or to support him. He is banned for 7 days. He is not respecting it but we all should. (Lot's have people have argued that the AC is too reluctant to act, or that they are too powerless; in this case the AC has acted. The AC's authority comes from us, if _we_ don't respect AC rulings then _we_ undermine the AC's power. An important precedent is being set here, no matter how much we hate or love Wik we _must_ support the AC by our own actions)
Keep this up until we have a 7 day period of no posting by Wik. Once the 7 days are up, unblock all Wik accounts and welcome him back (unless the AC decide otherwise in the meantime).
Any objections?
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