On 5/19/06, Mark Gallagher m.g.gallagher@student.canberra.edu.au wrote:
G'day Ryan,
On 5/19/06, slimvirgin@gmail.com slimvirgin@gmail.com wrote:
So why is his indefinite block being reversed.
Because he's a newbie and no one bothered to give him short blocks. This isn't simple vandalism and he's not willy on wheels. Someone misunderstanding our policies doesn't give anyone precedent to railroad him rather than giving him a chance. We tell people to be bold, and then indefinite block them for doing it?
While I wouldn't have unblocked this user myself, I appreciate your sincerity and your reasoning is fine. If we have to block him again in a week, so be it ... at least he's been given a chance.
You've done what you feel is the Right Thing, and you've done it with sensitivity, explaining your reasons and making sure everyone understands why you did it. Well done.
There's no need for people to start throwing about epithets like "wheel war" about this.
"Wheel war" is not an epithet, it is a description of an activity. When you undo an admins actions without first discussing it with him, or getting broad consensus for doing so, you are wheel warring. That, in fact, is what happened here. And since *everyone* is agreed that Saladin1970 deserved *at least* a 1 week block, any discussion regarding the appropriateness of an indefinite block could have taken place during that week. There was no pressing need to immediately undo the block and impose a different one. Wheel warring is bad.
Jay.