[WikiEN-l] Unblock-en-l

[Philip Welch]

On Jun 28, 2006, at 11:23 AM, Steve Bennett wrote:

>>> Why not go ahead and do the next logical step: Tell people to post
>>> their unblock requests to [[WP:ANI]], where they will be  
>>> subsequently
>>> permbanned for "evading" their block and "disruption", and get their
>>> user page vandalized by an admin as a follow-up.
>
>> If you're blocked, you're not allowed to edit the wiki. I don't see
>> how this is a difficult concept.
>
> Well, you're allowed to edit your talk page (at least, at first). Is
> the AN/I page a grey area?

No. AN/I isn't your talk page.

Blocking, on a purely technical level, prevents an IP, username, or  
IP associated with a blocked username, from editing any page other  
than that username or IP's own talk page. To even edit AN/I, one  
would have to circumvent the block on a technical level, which in  
itself is prohibited. If we rewrote blocking so that blocked users  
could still edit AN/I, fine. But if you're blocked, you're not  
allowed to circumvent the block, which is a necessary precondition of  
posting on AN/I in the first place.

-- 
Philip L. Welch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Philwelch