So it comes down to whether or not we care more about a positive PR image or
being able to maintain an encyclopedia without disruption and harassment
from one of the biggest idiots we've ever had? I know what my choice would
be...
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 5:29 PM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2008/12/26 Soxred93 <soxred93(a)gmail.com>om>:
Maybe we can set it for only 1 day, but use a JS
hack to say that
it's indefinite. That might get the word out to them. :)
The idea of blocking a whole ISP is unlikely to fly. I suspect that an
admin placing such a block without agreement from the arbcom and the
Foundation (cos you *know* they'd get the crap for it) would be (a)
quickly reversed (b) given a slap round the head with a trout at the
very least.
Attention-getting blocks have worked on bodies the size of
universities before (I recall two of them, both put into place by a
sitting arbitrator who then managed relations with the organisations
very closely), but even then it was a very last desperate resort.
Throwing our weight around like that would be a PR disaster, no matter
how unresponsive Verizon were being.
- d.
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