[WikiEN-l] Hardblocking usernames

[Armed Blowfish]

I wasn't insane a few weeks ago, dammit!  And insane is not the same
as bad.  There may be similarities... but if you were forced to
remember in vivid detail the things I've been forced to remember,
you'd be insane too.

And it's not my bloody fault I got molested... which is where this all
started many years ago.

Armed Blowfish

On 11/08/07, Josh Gordon <user.jpgordon at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is basically the "lets bend over backwards to protect bad users from
> the ramifications of their actions" theory.
>
> On 8/11/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > on 8/11/07 11:43 AM, Armed Blowfish at diodontida.armata at googlemail.com
> > wrote:
> >
> > > In that case, I'd like to suggest the following:
> > > 1.  Blocking/banning notices (the templates and the Blockedtext and
> > > Autoblockedtext messages) should be sensitively worded and contain
> > > clear instructions on a) the proper course of appeals, if there are
> > > any viable options, or else an apologetic explanation that there are
> > > no viable options, b)  asking for courtesy blankings, deletions and
> > > the occasional oversight (it is far too difficult to figure out how to
> > > contact the OTRS), and c) how to get advice (Editor assistance, I
> > > guess, since the Association of Members Advocates and Mentorship
> > > Committee are both rather dead).
> > > 2.  Said notices should use relaxing colours - light blue, lavender,
> > > green - and avoid stressful red Xs.
> > > 3.  Blocking templates should be placed in the 'Blocking reason' slot,
> > > not on the editor's talk page, where they would show up on Google.
> > > 4.  The OTRS ought to be given more room to work in terms of courtesy
> > > blankings, deletions and the occasional oversight.
> > > 5.  Please, pretty please, do not discuss the courtesy blankings etc.
> > > publicly, on-wiki.  This defeats the point.  Use email.
> > > 6.  Please do not continue to discuss, in a hurtful way, the banned
> > > users when they are not even appealing.  Also see
> > > [[Wikipedia:Banning_policy#Dealings_with_banned_users]] where it
> > > states 'Wikipedia's hope for banned users is that they will leave
> > > Wikipedia with their pride and dignity intact, whether permanently or
> > > for the duration of their ban. As such, it is inappropriate to bait
> > > banned users or take advantage of their ban to mock them.'
> > >
> > This all sounds good to me. It also reminds us of our policy on Civility.
> >
> > Marc
> >
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