[WikiEN-l] Policy inquiry - slack for blocked users venting on their talk page

[Fred Bauder]

> I had thought we'd formally policyized the "please leave blocked users
> alone on their talk page and don't block them if they vent about the
> block (short of making threats against people, etc)", but I can't find
> anything on-wiki that has it in writing.
>
> I know I've had discussions with people about it before and there was
> a general admins consensus that it was a good thing - but it does not
> appear to be written down in policy, guideline, or an Arbcom decision
> I can find.
>
> Am I missing something, or did we really never write it down?
>
> If we did not, we probably should rectify that, and I'll SOFIXIT - but
> I wanted to ping out to other experienced people first to see if
> anyone could remember where it might be written that I just haven't
> found yet.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> --
> -george william herbert
> george.herbert at gmail.com
>

It is written:

 Allow this user to edit own talk page while blocked. (Disable only for
users known to abuse own talk page.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Block/

and at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy#Setting_block_options

Allow this user to edit own talk page while blocked if unchecked will
prevent the blocked user from editing their own talk page, including
requesting unblock. This option should not be unchecked by default;
editing of the user's talk page should only be disabled in the case of
continued abuse of the talk page.

Fred