[WikiEN-l] Tracking ranges of anons

[George Herbert]

On 8/16/07, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> On 8/16/07, Slowking Man <slowkingman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 04:37 -0600, Daniel Cannon wrote:
> > > Most definitely. The concern with Diebold is that they were editing in a
> > > manner that showed an obvious conflict of interest. While a block isn't
> > > really going to do anything to stop this in the future--the IP has been
> > > inactive for months, and after all of this, Diebold will probably block
> > > all its employees from Wikipedia--yet it gives the impression that we're
> > > doing something about it :) As you said, they'll be watching like
> > *snip*
> >
> > I was under the impression that blocks are preventative, not punitive.
>
> Depends on the recipient.  In the case of Diebold, I think most
> Wikipedians are willing to look the other way.

While I don't trust the company's voting machines as far as I can
throw them, it's really good policy to treat those we dislike in a
consistent and polite manner, per our longstanding policies.

I would recommend unblock, unless there's more abuse.


-- 
-george william herbert
george.herbert at gmail.com