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

[Ray Saintonge]

Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:35:23 -0500, "David Goodman" wrote
>> The clue is when a new user who looks like a returner making use of
>> previously acquired operating knowledge starts making dubiously
>> productive edits, and doesnt respond to a question about whether and
>> under what ID he has previously edited. Nobody does that with honest
>> intentions.
>>     
> They do, actually.  Well, more or less honest anyway.  Just not very
> often.  Users returning after an expired ban and genuinely wanting
> to start afresh, for example.
>
> In such cases I think it would be reasonable to ask them to email
> the arbitrators their original account identity.
And you can't assume anything unless you have first asked them.

Ec