[WikiEN-l] Missed Opportunities to have avoided the Durova Case

[Matthew Brown]

On Nov 27, 2007 8:59 AM,  <joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu> wrote:
> Now, there are a variety of other techniques that can be used to find banned
> users and taken together with those they are often effective. However, we
> shouldn't simply use evidence prior experience with Wikipedia as a good reason
> to assume someone is a banned returning user.

Indeed.  The correct behavior is probably to email the user privately
about your concerns and give them a chance to address them.  If that
doesn't work, getting a mutually trusted third party to act as an
intermediary might be a good idea.

-Matt