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

[David Goodman]

note my "dubiously"  But that can be in the eye of the beholder, so I
think you make a [erfectly reasonable suggestion,

On 11/28/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:35:23 -0500, "David Goodman"
> <dgoodmanny at gmail.com> 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.
>
> Guy (JzG)
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