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@gmail.com wrote:
2008/12/26 Soxred93 soxred93@gmail.com:
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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