AFAIK there are two main usecases for self-blocks: * Testing different features of blocks. * As a means of self-imposed wikibreak.
-- Brian On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 8:35 AM Dan Koehl <dan.ko...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Speaking about self-blocks, why ist this option possible? > > Dan > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Mobil telefon 1 (Comviq): 0767 15 45 70 > Mobil telefon 2 (Telia): 0739 17 17 89 > Skype: DanKoehl ICQ: 40467 87 > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Den sön 16 dec. 2018 kl 09:34 skrev Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemow...@gmail.com>: >> >> Tisza Gergő, 15/12/18 22:38: >> > Even our largest wikis only see about ten self-unblocks a year, most of >> > which are unblocks of self-blocks >> >> This is an irrelevant piece of data. Of course so far there was very >> little incentive to block a sysop, since they could unblock themselves. >> >> We may never discover the impacts of this change, or maybe we'll find >> out in 5 years about a wiki or two and then discuss for 5 more years how >> to deal with a "local" problem which has become intractable. >> >> Federico >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list >> Wikitech-ambassadors@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list > Wikitech-ambassadors@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors _______________________________________________ Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list Wikitech-ambassadors@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors
