Parker Peters wrote:
On 2/20/07, Guy Chapman wrote:
On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:41:56 -0800, Ray Saintonge
<saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
(apologies for non-trimmed top posting)
Ray, I subscribe to unblock-en-l.
So do I.
I admit that I didn't know about that list until it was mentioned in
this thread. I confess too that I sometimes have wished that it did
exist, for the uncharitable reason that I did not want to read through
all the crap. But I never stated this before. It has seemed more
important to keep an eye on this sort of thing.
I *know* some cases are valid even
though they are stated in obnoxious terms and
often by obnoxious
people. One who was unblocked under a month ago is now in front of
ArbCom; the unblock was probably valid but I'd not have unblocked.
Which proves that you don't deserve the power you have, since you're
willing
to throw the book at people even when it's clear they've already been abused
by someone else.
I'm not concerned right now with specifying who deserves the power.
Rather than "throw the book" at anyone, I would prefer techniques that
give us a better chance to identify those who have been unjustly
treated. If a bad egg gets through from time to time that's nothing to
worry about. The bad ones are good at repeating their mistakes, and
will soon enough let us know.