Hi Andy, I no longer have sufficient time to administer the wiki and to review cases thoroughly. User:Lyx has done a great job in my absence, but he could use additional help. I am going to focus my available time on OSM hardware & other operational work.
Andy, I have now made you an administrator & bureaucrat on the OSM wiki. ;-) To others: Check out Andy's credentials: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pigsonthewing Kind regards, Grant On 10 May 2015 at 13:47, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote: > On 10 May 2015 at 11:40, Grant Slater <openstreet...@firefishy.com> wrote: > >> Consulting with a few other users, I have gone ahead and blocked the user. >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Special:BlockList?wpTarget=Xxzme > > In the absence of blatant vandalism or base abuse, I would have > expected, first, a recent, clear and unequivocal warning on the user's > talk page, with a suitably direct subject heading ("Warning: you may > be blocked from editing", or suchlike), and a statement of what the > user should do differently, or not do, in order to avoid the bock. > > I do not think discussions which might reasonably be interpreted as > mere differences of opinion, as currently seen on Xxzme's talk page, > suffice in this regard. Likewise the four-month old notice from > January (where, I note, Xxzme's question went unanswered) > > We might also consider imposing edit restrictions (e.g. "You may not > move pages; you will be blocked if you edit war; this will be reviewed > after 3 months"). > > Once a block has been made, I would also expect a notice to be placed > on their talk page, stating clearly why, how to appeal, and how to > request an unblock ("You may be unblocked if you give a statement that > you will not do X again"). > > Finally since the current bock includes "email disabled, cannot edit > own talk page" (were either of those privileges ever abused? If not, > that part of the block should be rescinded ASAP.), it does not seem > possible for Xxzme to discuss how they might make a return to > productive editing. > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
