[WikiEN-l] Hardblocking usernames

[Christiano Moreschi]

Also, this discussion at the Village Pump:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:VPP#Biting_newcomers

IMO we need to seriously rethink the way we approach username blocks.

Cheers,

C More schi



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>From: "Benjamin Hallert" <ben at vipmail.com>
>Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>Subject: [WikiEN-l] Hardblocking usernames
>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 10:30:14 -0700
>
>I've seen a lot of username blocks recently with account creation disabled
>and autoblock enabled, or a combination of the two.  Some of the admins I
>spoke with said they were doing this on purpose because of 'bad faith
>usernames'.  As these are essentially lifetime bans from Wikipedia (my IP
>address, while dynamic, lasts months at a time), I think the wording of 
>WP:U
>should be changed so it doesn't explicitly endorse this, and I'd like some
>consideration to the idea of avoiding hardblocks for username violations
>because of the heaviness of the action.
>
>I've started a discussion on WP:U and on Template:UsernameHardBlocked about
>aspects of this issue and would like to solicit additional input from the
>community.
>
>Nowhere else on Wikipedia do we essentially within our powers ban someone
>for life on the result of a single misstep, and I don't believe we should 
>do
>it here too.
>
>Regards,
>
>Chairboy
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