On 4/19/07, Jimmy Wales <jwales(a)wikia.com> wrote:
If Brandt engages in any sort of behavior which would
normally get
someone blocked, then by all means, reblock him of course. He is under
no special protection.
The problem is that he *is* engaging in behavior that would normally
get someone blocked. He's posting libel off-wiki, he's trying to out
people, he's trying to find out where people live. He hasn't stopped
it; he hasn't taken those posts down. That would normally get him
blocked. Yet you've said that reblocking him would be a bad idea,
without saying what will happen to any admin who does it.
However, and this is a personal recommendation, please
do not be too
trigger-happy, as you are likely to cause the community a lot of grief
when we have an opportunity here to resolve this issue amicably and put
it behind us.
As for me, I don't believe in holding grudges and having endless fights.
When peace is possible, it is worth going for.
It's not a question of holding grudges. My guess is that if he were to
take all that material down, apologize, and promise not to restore it,
the community would forgive him, perhaps not immediately but soon
enough.
But you wouldn't want to see Amorrow or Sollog (or anyone) unblocked
while they still had personal material about you and your family on
their websites, no matter what promises they made. You wouldn't call
opposition to those unblocks "holding grudges," just basic common
sense.
Sarah