[WikiEN-l] Brandt unblocked by Jimbo - community support?

[Andrew Gray]

On 19/04/07, Jeff Raymond <jeff.raymond at internationalhouseofbacon.com> wrote:
>
> Andrew Gray wrote:
>
> > But the point people have been trying to make here is that that's not
> > how a community ban works. A community ban isn't "a block by decision
> > of the community"; it's "a block the community doesn't oppose".
>
> Then, I'll say it again - the Community Noticeboard loses significant
> power if this is a persistent belief.  The rules have changed, one could
> say.

When did it get that power in the first place? Most people aren't
aware it exists; it's been there all of two months, and in its
earliest incarnation called for the discussion of things "that the
community should be aware of, such as proposed community bans". I am
not sure when it quietly appropriated to itself the authority to
*declare* a community ban, or insist on enforcing lapsed ones...

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- Andrew Gray
  andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk