Personally I don't think any editor, other than simple vandals should be able to be blocked "indefinitely" by admin action alone. Too much room for abuse based on content issues.
-----Original Message----- From: Emily Monroe <bluecalioc...@me.com> To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Sent: Thu, Aug 13, 2009 5:43 pm Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Civility poll results > Any such block for more than 24 hours is likely punitive. True. Maybe we can do something along the lines of "Four 12-24 hour civility blocks, and you'll be blocked indefinitely." or live indefinite blocks up to the community. I'd prefer the latter. > Saying "we'll give you another chance, and not many more," is a > power move where you are using your superior privileges, shrouded in > a royal "we", to intimidate the other person into complying with > what you believe to be the rules. Okay. What if the person has an attitude that is interfering with writing articles? What if several people do? "We" agree that there's a point that incivility shouldn't be tolerated. Emily On Aug 13, 2009, at 11:44 AM, Ray Saintonge wrote: > Emily Monroe wrote: >>> It's a basic reality of life as an adult that employees with perfect >>> work product but terrible attitudes are often terminated; their own >>> work is fine, but their presence disrupts the work of others. >>> >> I agree. I sincerely believe that civility blocks are necessary. Not >> as a punishment, or a chance to "cool down", but as a way to say >> "Your >> attitude is disrupting Wikipedia, and preventing it from improving. >> Come back in [12/24 hours/a week/a month/whatever] and we'll give you >> another chance, and not many more." > Any such block for more than 24 hours is likely punitive. Saying > "we'll > give you another chance, and not many more," is a power move where you > are using your superior privileges, shrouded in a royal "we", to > intimidate the other person into complying with what you believe to be > the rules. You have already found him guilty. > > Ec > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
