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" <nawr...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: "Nathan" <nawr...@gmail.com> > To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l@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 > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
