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

[MacGyverMagic/Mgm]

On 4/19/07, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
>
> Slim Virgin wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Well, give me a few days to talk to him about all these issues and
> hopefully they can be resolved.  In the meantime, the unblock is a show
> of good faith on my part.
>
> > 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.
>
> I will ask him if he is willing to do that.  I suspect he would want
> some apologies too.


Yes, if he decided to remove all that material and apologizes for it, I'd be
happy to forgive him.
I'd need to check the article to see if anything is wrong with it and if
apologies on our part or warranted.

Mgm