[WikiEN-l] Why not selective blocks?

[Adrian]

I'm sure this idea has already been kicked around, but why aren't there 
selective blocks, i.e. blocks restricted to one or more certain pages? I 
don't mean temporary bans on articles or article groups as occasionally 
imposed by the ArbCom, but a block-button block.

It could e.g. give users with specific conflicts of interest (not 
necessarily in a corporate sense, also like strong personal bias/POV 
etc.) the opportunity and even an incentive to work on completely 
different areas, as they would be working to actively restore the 
community's trust in their willingness to contribute to the encyclopedia 
as a whole. Wouldn't that be a lot more constructive than temporarily 
revoking '''all''' editing privileges for things like an 3RR violation 
on a certain page, or personal attacks in some heated debate on a 
certain talk page? If it later turned out that the user in question is 
generally intolerable, s/he could accordingly be fully blocked (as 
usual) to give them a stronger warning.

So, well, nevermind if the idea has already been discussed and rejected.

Adrian