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

[Carcharoth]

The question being discussed there is:

"Should a user's own talk page be considered differently? There has
been discussion in past as to whether a post on a user's talk page,
often in reply to a hostile poster, should be treated more leniently
than posting elsewhere on other discussion or WP pages where dialogue
occurs. Please indicate views below."

That is different from the question here (which is a subset of that
one), which is how to treat blocked, or recently blocked, users who
are venting on their talk page at the injustice of being blocked.

I would add that in this context, the "hostile poster" is sometimes
the blocking admin making inflammatory remarks, or other users
arriving to comment where they should stay away (I've been guilty of
the latter, sometimes). There may be no hostile intent, but the
blocked user can sometimes see the posts to their user pages as
hostile, especially if they have just been blocked and are angry about
it.

Carcharoth

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Durova<nadezhda.durova at gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually, a current poll is running 38-18 in favor of treating talk page
> incivility the same as incivility anywhere else.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility/Poll#Should_a_user.27s_own_talk_page_be_considered_differently.3F
>
> -Durova
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:58 AM, FT2 <ft2.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "Such an approach may be better than extending the block, since it prevents
>> them acting up while blocked"...
>>
>> Better: *"Such an approach may be better than extending the block, since it
>> prevents them acting up and creating a spiral of increased problems for
>> themselves while they are blocked." *
>>
>> In simple terms, the aim is that users who would talk themselves out of a
>> mild heated point into a major division and hardened stance, should not be
>> pushed in the latter direction by punishing their ignorable anger at the
>> block.
>>
>> At the same time the preventative/deterrent purpose of the original block
>> (intended to say "you can't act that way here") should equally be
>> respected,
>> and if their response is not so ignorable that should be respected too.
>>
>> >
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