[WikiEN-l] Ryulong blocked ALL accounts

[Christiano Moreschi]

>From: "David Gerard" <dgerard at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Ryulong blocked ALL accounts
>Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:02:39 +0100
>
>On 21/04/07, Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia) <newyorkbrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I think there is a consensus, general though not certainly not 
>unanimous,
> > that Ryulong's blocks were unwarranted
>
>
>Perhaps as judged after the fact, but did you look at the log and see
>the string of names in question? It looked for all the world like
>blocking a persistent sockpuppet troll nest.
>
>
> > and that he compounded the mistake by
> > failing to disable autoblock.
>
>
>Again: precisely the right thing to do with a persistent troll nest.
>
>That it turned out not to be a persistent troll nest is why admin
>actions are reversible.
>
>
> >  I think it's also clear that he acted in good
> > faith, that his not having thought through the autoblock issue was
> > inadvertent, that the blocks have all been lifted, that he has not 
>reblocked
> > anyone, and that in fact he has apologized on-wiki for the blocks.  With 
>all
> > the other concerns to worry about, I fail to see why that isn't the end 
>of
> > this aspect of the matter.
>
>
>Because people mistake tolerated behaviour for "rights"?
>
>
>- d.

David: do we, in fact, know for certain that it was not a sockpuppet 
trollfest one-man show?

Moreschi

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