[WikiEN-l] Silverback

[Mattwolf Binder]

When I suggested indefinite block, by no means did I mean block forever... 
That came out weird... but if you see some of the arbitrators logs you'll 
see arbitrators blocking people indefinitely for injunctions. My intent was 
to block until he perhaps promises to be good, as you may see that I have 
some unblocks in my logs for this reason. With copperchair that didn't seem 
to work, yet it did with Adamwankenobi/The Wookieepedian. However when the 
arbcom bans someone for a year, the person can't come back in any 
incarnation, even if they start being good. Thus I don't think bans should 
ever be used unless the user has exhibited sockpuppet behavior, because then 
you're just blocking a bad user the chance of becoming good, plus bans don't 
come with a filter on their browser blocking from all sites with 'wiki' in 
their URL.

But I'm off topic. After some of the behavior shown by Silverback, I'm 
honestly not a fan of the guy when he calls me a rogue (heh, spelled it 
rouge at first...) administrator for blocking him for 24 hours relating to 
3RR. Perhaps when I typed up the email I was frustrated at him, as he seems 
to be attacking El C, 172, and several others, and I'm never really a fan of 
attacks.

I feel I should also address the one year ban thing once more. I notice that 
just cause its the limit, its the most often used ban. (also notice I 
suggested blocking Silverback indefinitely, not banning. As arbitrators 
especially you should know the two mean all the difference in the world.) 
Like I remember the Cool Cat case for one where a 1 year ban was suggested, 
where IMO he did nothing specifically even BLOCK worthy, let alone the 
maximum possible BAN.

But this has gotten too ranty. Cheers.

-Red