[WikiEN-l] Do NOT appeal bans, for your own sake (was Re: Admins who do not have email this ser enabled (list inside))

[Armed Blowfish]

On 19/09/2007, Monahon, Peter B. <Peter.Monahon at uspto.gov> wrote:
>> Earlier: "...The spammers and
>> blatant vandals are unlikely to
>> be subscribed in the first place..."
>
> Peter Blaise responds: Are we talkin'
> 'bout different things?
>
> I'm talkin' 'bout moderating without
> banning on this list-serve, NOT
> Wikipedia.

I don't know what that person was
talking about, but I'm talking about
people banned from Wikipaedia who may
be concerned about the reputations of
their usernames, whether it be their
real names or long standing pseudonyms.

I am saying that attempting to appeal
may seriously harm their reputations,
regardless of whether or not they were
an asset or a detriment to the
Wikipaedia.  (Note the past tense.  1.
Banned users aren't supposed to edit,
so there should be no present tense.
2. Even if allowed to edit, they may
be so upset about what Wikipaedia put
them through that even if they were
assets before, they might not be any
more.)

I am saying that Wikipaedia will attack
them, and their best chance of getting
things blanked is to try to stay out of
the spotlight, don't appeal, and claim
non-notability.

And I'm fairly sure a lot of banned
users do at least lurk here.  Hello
all you banned users out there!  : )