[WikiEN-l] The current purges in English Wikipedia (...and my personal case)

[Andrew Turvey]

Put simply, because there was an ongoing issue with a compromised account. A user was allowing other people to share his account, and had not agreed to stop doing this. That is an ongoing problem and rightly deserved a block. 

Of course if the user later agreed to stop doing this, the rationale might not still apply. 

----- "Nathan" <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote: 
> From: "Nathan" <nawrich at gmail.com> 
> To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org> 
> Sent: Thursday, 9 July, 2009 18:51:45 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal 
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] The current purges in English Wikipedia (...and my personal case) 
> 
> I'm not sure how blocking someone for conduct admitted from "some years 
> ago", that doesn't appear to have hurt anyone or caused any disruption, is 
> "the right thing to do." That's like saying "You violated 3RR in 2004, I'm 
> blocking you for 24 hours. If you wish to be unblocked, admit your guilt and 
> promise never to edit-war again." It's not bad advice for someone who wants 
> to be unblocked, given human nature, but it shouldn't be necessary. 
> Nathan 
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