[WikiEN-l] Why not selective blocks?

[Majorly]

On 22/08/07, Adrian <aldebaer at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
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Why not indeed. This would be a very useful feature.

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Alex (Majorly)