On 8/16/07, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
On 8/16/07, Slowking Man slowkingman@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
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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.