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,
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From: "Benjamin Hallert" ben@vipmail.com Reply-To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org To: "English Wikipedia" wikien-l@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,
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