[WikiEN-l] Hardblocking usernames

[Anthony]

On 8/10/07, Armed Blowfish <diodontida.armata at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Some of us don't read the new messages before trying to edit.
>
> 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.
>
C'mon, this is ridiculous in pretty much all cases of username blocks
(which is how this came up).  How is it going to hurt someone for a
block notice to show up when someone searches google for
"godhateswikipedians"?

Insane doesn't imply bad, but it should imply being put on moderation.