[WikiEN-l] Hardblocking usernames

[Marc Riddell]

on 8/11/07 8:50 AM, Armed Blowfish at diodontida.armata at googlemail.com
wrote:

> On 11/08/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> However, talk pages are shown on Google, and block logs aren't... and
>>> it is entirely conceivable that a banned user might not want the fact
>>> that he or she is banned to show up on Google.
>> 
>> They should have thought about that before doing something
>> blockworthy, then, shouldn't they?
> 
> Wikipaedia has a right to block people, blocking people being part of
> Wikipaedia's self-determination, but there are still things Wikipaedia
> can and should do to make the process as painless as possible.  The
> goal should only be to prevent the person from editing, not hurt the
> person.
> 
> Also, as a banned user, I must ask you to not imply that
> banned/blocked users 'deserve' to be banned/blocked.
> 
> Armed Blowfish
> 
Excellent points, AB. This has to do with how the culture regards its
people.

Marc Riddell