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

[Wily D]

On 9/19/07, Ron Ritzman <ritzman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/18/07, Wily D <wilydoppelganger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Well, the question is "What if your ban is illegitimate?"  Most banned
> > users gets their requests for unbanning denied?  Fine, most should.
> > But what about the exceptions?
>
> I'm guessing that illegitimate bans are extremely rare. I can't
> imagine anybody getting banned unless they have already been asked not
> to do something over and over and over again.

Er, I would imagine the same as well.  But they no doubt happen ... a
mistaken checkuser/sockpuppet case might do it for instance.  There
are possibly other cases - I'm not directly aware of any, but I think
it's likely it happens.

WilyD